Hitmaker The Man and His Music

by Mottola, Tommy; Fussman, Cal

• ISBN13: 9780446585187
• ISBN10: 0446585181
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-01-29
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

One of the most powerful, famous executives in the history of the music industry, Tommy Mottola was there from Elvis to the iPod. He participated in the explosion of popular music when it had a personal, individual impact and a global, cultural influence on everything from fashion and advertising to politics and race. Now, in STARMAKER, Tommy recounts how a street kid from the Bronx became the music industry's most creative and successful CEO. For the first time, Mottola will lay bare the facts behind the most sensational aspects of his life. He reveals what it was like to be married to Mariah Carey, how Michael Jackson would call him in the wee hours begging Tommy to swear they'd sell 100 million records, his fascinating dealings with countless icons, and how he was sitting at the top when the music business imploded.

Author Biography

Tommy Mottola is one of the highest-profile executives in the history of the music industry. He is credited with discovering and guiding the careers of many of the world's most iconic music artists. Starting as a musician and an Epic Records recording artist at the age eighteen, he returned twenty years later to run that very company as Sony Music Entertainment's global CEO.

In his tenure, he is credited with tripling the company's revenue, selling an estimated 8 billion CDs, and generating more than $65 billion in sales. Tommy now heads the Mottola Media Group, a global entertainment and media company in New York City. He resides in New York City with his wife, Thalia, and their two young children, Sabrina and Matthew, and close by are his two older children, Sarah and Michael.