Total Compensation: $ 3.42 M
Edgar Bronfman, Jr. has served as our Chairman of the Board and CEO since March 1, 2004. Before joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Bronfman served as Chairman and CEO of Lexa Partners LLC, which he founded, from April 2002. Prior to Lexa Partners, Mr. Bronfman was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of Vivendi Universal in December 2000. He resigned from his position as an executive officer of Vivendi Universal on December 6, 2001, resigned as an employee of Vivendi Universal on March 31, 2002, and resigned as Vice Chairman of Vivendi Universal's Board of Directors on December 2, 2003. Prior to the December 2000 formation of Vivendi Universal, Mr. Bronfman was President and CEO of The Seagram Company Ltd., a post he held since June 1994. During his tenure as the CEO of Seagram, he consummated $85 billion in transactions and transformed the company into one of the world's leading media and communications companies. From 1989 until June 1994, Mr. Bronfman served as President and COO of Seagram. Between 1982 and 1989, he held a series of senior executive positions for The Seagram Company Ltd. in the U.S. and in Europe. Mr. Bronfman serves on the Boards of InterActiveCorp, New York University Medical Center and the Board of Governors of The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Endeavor Global, Inc. and is a Member of the J.P. Morgan Chase National Advisory Board and the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Bronfman also serves as general partner at Accretive, LLC, a venture capital firm specializing in the business process outsourcing area.
Total Compensation: $ 3.24 M
Michael D. Fleisher has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 1, 2005. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Fleisher was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gartner, Inc. Mr. Fleisher joined Gartner in 1993 and served in several roles including Chief Financial Officer prior to being named CEO in 1999. Previous to Gartner, he was at Bain Capital. Mr. Fleisher holds a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Total Compensation: $ —
Paul M. Robinson has served as our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since December 2006. Mr. Robinson joined Warner Music Group's legal department in 1995. From 1995 to December 2006, Mr. Robinson held various positions with Warner Music Group, including Acting General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel. Before joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Robinson was a partner in the New York City law firm Mayer, Katz, Baker, Leibowitz & Roberts. Mr. Robinson has a B.A. in English from Williams College and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Total Compensation: $ —
Michele J. Hooper has served as our director since March 2, 2006. Ms. Hooper is a co-founder and Managing Partner of The Director's Council, a position she has held since 2003. Previously, Ms Hooper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Voyager Expanded Learning, a developer and provider of learning programs and teacher training for public schools, from 1999 until 2000. Prior to that, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stadtlander Drug Company, Inc., a provider of disease-specific pharmaceutical care from 1998 until Stadtlander was acquired in 1999. Prior to joining Stadtlander, Ms. Hooper was Corporate Vice President, Caremark International Inc, a spinoff of Baxter International, and President of the International Business Group. Ms. Hooper began her career at Baxter and held positions of increasing responsibility before her appointment as Vice President, Corporate Planning. From 1988 to 1992, Ms. Hooper was President of Baxter Canada. Ms. Hooper also serves on the corporate Boards of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc., AstraZeneca PLC and UnitedHealth Group and chairs the Audit Committee for PPG. Ms. Hooper is a board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and is President of NACD's Chicago Chapter. She was a commissioner on the 2004 NACD Blue Ribbon Commissions on governance. Ms. Hooper is a member of the OECD Advisory Panel on Boardroom Practices. She is a member of the Advisory board of American Telecare. Ms. Hooper is a Board member of the Center for Disease Control Foundation, and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. Ms. Hooper was recently appointed one of the first public board members of the Center for Audit Quality, an autonomous public policy organization dedicated to improving investor confidence in the audit process. Ms. Hooper earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Total Compensation: $ —
Ian Loring has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to joining Bain Capital in 1996, Mr. Loring was a Vice President at Berkshire Partners where he worked in the technology and telecommunication industries. Previously, Mr. Loring worked in the Corporate Finance department at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He serves as a director of Cumulus Media Partners and serves on the supervisory board of NXP. He also volunteers for a variety of non-profit organizations, serving as a member of The Fessenden School Board of Trustees and the Linda Loring Nature Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Loring received a B.A. from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Seth W. Lawry has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is a Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. He is a director of various private and non-profit institutions. Mr. Lawry worked at Thomas H. Lee Company from 1989 to 1990, rejoining in 1994. From 1987 to 1989 and 1992 to 1994, Mr. Lawry worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Equity Capital Markets departments. Mr. Lawry holds a B.A. in Economics and German Studies from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Total Compensation: $ —
Phyllis E. Grann has served as our director since July 26, 2006. Since 2002, Ms. Grann has been a senior editor at Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. From 1996 to 2001, Ms. Grann was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Penguin Putnam, Inc., the U.S. affiliate of The Penguin Group. Before Penguin USA and Putnam Berkley merged in November of 1996, Ms. Grann had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Putnam Berkley Group. She joined Putnam Berkley in 1976 as Editor-in-Chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons. She was named President and Publisher in 1984 of The Putnam Berkley Group. She was named Chief Executive Officer in 1987 and Chairman in 1991. Her publishing career began in 1958 at Doubleday & Company, where she was Nelson Doubleday's secretary. She then joined William Morrow & Company, where she was named Editor. In 1970, she moved to Simon & Schuster as Senior Editor and was made Editor-in-Chief of Pocket Books, their mass-market paperback division, in 1974. Ms. Grann is a graduate of Barnard College. She has been recognized in Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Powerful People in Entertainment.
Total Compensation: $ —
Shelby W. Bonnie has served as our director since November 4, 2005. Mr. Bonnie is the CEO of Digital Commons LLC, a position he has held since June 2007. Previously, Mr. Bonnie was a co-founder of CNET Networks and was at CNET Networks as both an executive and member of the board of directors from 1993 to 2006. He served as a director of CNET Networks until March 2007, served as Chief Executive Officer of CNET Networks from March 2000 to October 2006 and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CNET Networks from November 2000 to October 2006. Mr. Bonnie has also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CNET Networks. Prior to joining CNET Networks, Mr. Bonnie held positions at Tiger Management Corporation, a New York-based investment managing firm, Lynx Capital, a private equity fund, and in the mergers and acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. Mr. Bonnie received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mark Nunnelly has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He joined Bain Capital Partners, LLC in 1990 as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Nunnelly was a Vice President of Bain & Company, with experience in its domestic, Asian and European strategy practices. Previously, Mr. Nunnelly worked at Procter & Gamble in product management. He serves as a director of Domino's Pizza, Dunkin Brands, OSI Restaurant Partners and other private and not for-profit corporations. Mr. Nunnelly received an A.B. from Centre College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Thomas H. Lee has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is Chairman and CEO of Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC, Thomas H. Lee Capital Management, LLC and Lee Equity Partners, LLC. Thomas H. Lee Capital Management, LLC manages over $2.3 billion in the Blue Star I, LLC group of fund of hedge funds. Lee Equity Partners, LLC is engaged in the private equity business in New York City. In 1974, Mr. Lee founded the Thomas H. Lee Company, the predecessor of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and from that time until March 2006 served as its Chairman and CEO. From 1966 through 1974, Mr. Lee was with First National Bank of Boston where he directed the bank's high technology lending group from 1968 to 1974 and became a Vice President in 1973. Prior to 1966, Mr. Lee was a securities analyst in the institutional research department of L.F. Rothschild in New York. Mr. Lee serves or has served as a director of numerous public and private companies in which he and his affiliates have invested, including Finlay Enterprises, Inc., The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc., Metris Companies, Inc., Vertis Holdings, Inc., Wyndham International, Inc. and Miller Import Corporation. In addition, Mr. Lee is a Member of the J.P. Morgan Chase National Advisory Board. Mr. Lee is currently a Trustee of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, NYU Medical Center, The Rockefeller University and Whitney Museum of American Art among other civic and charitable organizations. He also serves on the Executive Committee for Harvard University's Committee on University Resources. Mr. Lee is a 1965 graduate of Harvard College.
Total Compensation: $ —
Scott L. Jaeckel has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is a Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. Mr. Jaeckel worked at Thomas H. Lee Company from 1994 to 1996, rejoining in 1998. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Jaeckel worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in the Corporate Finance Department. He currently serves as a director of Ceridian Corporation, Paramax Capital Group, Fidelity Sedgwick Holdings, Inc. and other private companies. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from The University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
John P. Connaughton has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He has been a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC since 1997 and a member of the firm since 1989. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Connaughton was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, Inc., where he advised Fortune 500 companies. He currently serves as a director of AMC Theatres, Cumulus Media Partners, Sungard Data Systems, Hospital Corporation of America, M/C Communications (PriMed), Warner Chilcott, CRC Health Group, Quintiles Transnational Corp. and The Boston Celtics. He also volunteers for a variety of charitable organizations, serving as a member of The Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees and the UVa McIntire Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Connaughton received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Richard J. Bressler has served as our director since May 10, 2005. Mr. Bressler is a Managing Director of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. in 2006, Mr. Bressler was employed by Viacom, Inc. from May 2001 through 2005 as the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for managing all strategic, financial, business development and technology functions. Prior to that, Mr. Bressler served in various capacities with Time Warner Inc., including as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Digital Media. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner Inc. from March 1995 to June 1999. Prior to joining Time Inc. in 1988, Mr. Bressler was a partner with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young since 1979. Mr. Bressler is currently a director of Univision Communications, Inc., Gartner, Inc., The Nielsen Company and American Media, Inc. In addition, Mr. Bressler is a member of the J.P. Morgan Chase National Advisory Board. Mr. Bressler holds a B.B.A. from Adelphi University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Jonathan M. Nelson has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Providence Equity Partners, Inc. Mr. Nelson is a director of Bresnan Broadband Holdings, LLC, Hulu, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Univision Communications, Inc. and Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network, Inc. He is also a member of the Sony Corporation Advisory Board. Mr. Nelson has also served as a director of the following public companies: AT&T Canada, Inc., Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (now Verizon), Eircom plc, Voice Stream Wireless Corp. (now Deutsche Telekom A.G.), Wellman Inc. and Western Wireless Corporation (now Alltel Corp.), as well as numerous privately-held companies affiliated with Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Narragansett Capital Inc. Prior to founding Providence Equity Partners in 1990, Mr. Nelson was a Managing Director of Narragansett Capital Inc., which he joined in 1983. Mr. Nelson is a trustee of Brown University. Mr. Nelson received a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Scott M. Sperling has served as our director since March 4, 2004. He is a Co-President at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. Mr. Sperling is also President of THLee Putnam Capital, a joint venture with Putnam Investments, one of the largest global investment management firms. Mr. Sperling is currently a director of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Vertis, Inc., Univision Communications, Inc. and several private companies. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Sperling was for over ten years Managing Partner of The Aeneas Group, Inc., the private capital affiliate of Harvard Management Company. Before that, he was a senior consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He received a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Nash has served as WMG's Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development since February 1, 2000. Nash has been labeled a "visionary" by The Atlantic Monthly, and since joining WMG in 2000, has overseen WMG's new media projects, strategic relationships and business development activities. Nash has also played a key role in building WMG's distribution footprint and partnership portfolio, including important initiatives with AT&T, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Verizon and Sony Ericsson. In addition to his responsibilities for driving WMG's worldwide digital revenues, Nash has focused on development and execution of WMG's wireless strategy, spearheading deployment of new mobile music services and establishing a number of industry milestones. June 1, 2008, Michael Nash will be promoted to Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development.
Lyor Cohen - Divisional CEO/Divisional Chairman of the Board
Total Compensation: $ 4.57 M
Lyor Cohen has served as the Chairman and CEO of our U.S. Recorded Music operations since March 1, 2004. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Cohen was the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam Music Group. Mr. Cohen served as President of Def Jam from 1988 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Cohen served in various capacities at Rush Management, a hip-hop management company, which he founded with partner Russell Simmons. Mr. Cohen is widely credited with expanding Island Def Jam beyond its hip-hop roots to include a wider range of musical genres.
Total Compensation: $ —
Paul-René Albertini has served as President of Warner Music International since 2002 and currently leads Warner Music International, our international division, as Chairman and CEO. From December 2000 until 2002, Mr. Albertini served as President of Warner Music Europe. He joined Warner Music International from Sony Music Entertainment Europe where he held the post of Executive Vice President from 1999. Prior to that he served as President and CEO Sony Music France between 1994 and 1999. In 1991 he became CEO of PolyGram Disques France. In 1983, Mr. Albertini joined PolyGram as International Label Manager before becoming Marketing Director for Barclay Records. He was named Director of Marketing and Promotion for Phonogram in 1989, and was appointed Managing Director Phonogram France. Mr. Albetini graduated from the Institut Superieur de Gestion in Paris in 1982 and attended the International Senior Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1993.
Total Compensation: $ 1.45 M
David H. Johnson has served as the CEO of Warner/Chappell Music since December 2006. He was previously Warner Music Group's Acting CEO of Warner/Chappell Music since January 2006 and Executive Vice President and General Counsel since 1999. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Johnson spent nine years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Sony Music Entertainment. He also held several posts at CBS and was an associate in the law firm Mayer, Nussbaum, Katz & Baker. Mr. Johnson received a B.A. in political science from Yale University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an L.L.M. from New York University School of Law.
Total Compensation: $ —
Richard Blackstone has served as Chairman and CEO of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. since May 28, 2005. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Blackstone was the president of Zomba Music Publishing. Mr. Blackstone joined Zomba in 1989 as Director of Business Affairs, and was later promoted to the dual role of Head of Creative and Head of Business Affairs. Following the purchase of Zomba by BMG Music in 2002 he was named President of Zomba Music Publishing, and was given oversight responsibility for Brentwood Benson Music Publishing.
Total Compensation: $ —
Caroline Stockdale has served as Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources since August 2005. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Ms. Stockdale was Senior Vice President, Relationship Leader Human Resources, at American Express Financial Advisors/Global Financial Services since 2002. Before joining American Express Financial Advisors in 2002, Ms. Stockdale held a variety of human resources leadership positions at General Electric (GE) Capital Corporation in Europe and the United States beginning in 1997, including Executive Vice President and Global Human Resources Leader at GE Capital Corporation's Aviation Services division. Ms. Stockdale qualified as a chartered accountant and graduated with a B.A. Honors degree from the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England.
Total Compensation: $ 3.05 M
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Patrick Vien - CEO, Divisional/Chairman of the Board, Divisional
Total Compensation: $ —
Patrick Vien has served as Chairman and CEO of Warner Music International since February 13, 2006. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Vien was the President of NBC Universal's Global Networks Division. Before joining NBC Universal, Mr. Vien was President of Universal's Television Network Enterprises. Prior to this position at Universal, Mr. Vien was President and COO of North American Television (NATV). Mr. Vien earned a master's degree in business communications from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California and graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a bachelor's degree in economics. He is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization, a global association of business leaders under the age of 50.
