Peter Mensch

According to an interview with The Sunday Times, Mensch stated that he had assisted with the sale of "Hundreds of millions" of records, adding "I can't be more specific than that." In 2014, he did not return to manage AC/DC, but hinted that the band were to headline the Saturday night at Glastonbury Festival in 2015.

Mensch married Su Wathan, former girlfriend of Gary Numan, in 1981. They later divorced. He has three children by his second wife, Melissa Meyer, whom he married in 1990 and divorced in 2010. The divorce was contentious. On February 17, 2011 in Manhattan courthouse, he married his third wife, Louise Mensch, former member of British Parliament, despite their political differences (Louise alleges that Peter is a communist). Louise subsequently became widely known in the U.S. for her reporting and speculation about connections between Trump administration and the Russian government.

Q Prime management made their name in heavy metal music, managing, at various times, AC/DC, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Dokken, Tesla, Suicidal Tendencies, Queensrÿche, and Metallica. In the early nineties their roster expanded to include alternative rock bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, and Veruca Salt. They co-managed Madonna for one album, Ray of Light, and also consulted for the Rolling Stones on their Steel Wheels Tour in 1990. They managed Led Zeppelin for their reunion show, and Jimmy Page as a solo artist for several years after that. They have also managed Shania Twain for part of her career. The firm's present roster includes Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Snow Patrol, Foals, Silversun Pickups, Cage the Elephant, Dawes and others. They additionally manage country acts from their Q Prime Nashville imprint, including Eric Church and Gillian Welch, and the Black Keys. They managed the opera singer Renée Fleming for her crossover album Dark Hope.

Mensch started his career in music management at the age of 26, managing AC/DC. In 1982, he formed the management company Q Prime with Cliff Burnstein. Their first client was Def Leppard. Q Prime has managed the careers of a large number of multiplatinum acts; including Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Veruca Salt, Snow Patrol and many others, including Jimmy Page. The Financial Times has called Q Prime "One of the most admired artist management companies".

His sister, Barbara Sena Mensch, was the youngest hostage of the Dawson's Field hijackings of September 6, 1970. Mensch graduated from Scardsdale High School in 1971. He attended Brandeis University and worked as a music director for the college radio station, which is where he met Cliff Burnstein. After graduating from Brandeis, he received his master's degree in Marketing from the University of Chicago.

Peter Mensch (born March 28, 1953) is an American music manager.