Lyor Cohen net worth is
$75 million
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Lyor Cohen (Hebrew: ????? ???; born October 3, 1959) is an American music industry executive, and until September 2012, he was the North American Chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group (WMG).Cohen has been actively involved in hip-hop at various top labels for more than 30 years, as the industry grew from the margins of pop culture to the mainstream. He started by managing highly successful rappers for pioneering firm Rush Productions, then led Def Jam Recordings, the hip-hop genre’s top record label at the time, ”the most important black music company since Motown” according to Newsweek.After Def Jam, Cohen successively assumed the leadership of two of the music industry’s major labels - the Island Def Jam Music Group, and the Warner Music Group – which represent popular musicians of all genres (including rap, rock, and country).Cohen’s closest associates have included his longtime friend and partner Russell Simmons, rapper Jay-Z and Atlantic Records chairman Julie Greenwald (both of whom claim Cohen as a mentor), and Jon Bon Jovi. Rapper Kanye West dubbed himself “the Lyor Cohen of Dior Homme” on a 2010 recording.In September 2012 Cohen resigned from the Warner Music Group. Although he has not yet announced his next venture, Cohen remains—in the opinion of Complex magazine -- “one of the most powerful ‘unemployed’ persons on the planet.” He then started the record label 300 Entertainment in 2013.
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| 1 | (26 January) Leaves Island/Def Jam after 21 years to become head of U.S. recorded music operations of Warner Music Group. [2004] |
| 2 | Won a ruling in federal appeals court to reduce a judgment against him and Island/Def Jam from $54 million to just over $100,000. Independent label TVT was initially rewarded $132 million in March 2003 after a U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals jury found Island/Def Jam guilty of interfering with TVT's release of a Ja Rule and Irv Gotti album, and Cohen personally liable for fraud, willful copyright infringement and wrongful interference with contract. (15 June 2004) |
| 3 | Son of Israeli immigrants and the grandson of an Israeli Army general. |
| 4 | President, Island Def Jam Music Group [2000] |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Biz | 2005 | TV Series documentary executive producer | |
| Backstage | 2000 | Documentary executive producer | |
| P.I.G.S. | 1999 | Video short producer | |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic | 2003 | Video documentary short executive board: Def Jam | |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Behind the Music | 2001-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bloomberg Game Changers | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Former President, Island Def Jam |
| American Masters | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Driven | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| VH1: All Access | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself, chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group |
| Intimate Portrait | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Known for movies
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