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Jody Gerson

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Chairman and CEO at Universal Music Publishing Group
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Jody Gerson is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, where she has dramatically increased revenue and signed top artists like Taylor Swift and Harry Styles. A graduate of Northwestern University, she is the first woman to be named CEO of a major music publisher and chairman of a global music company.

She is a passionate advocate for female empowerment in the music industry, having co-founded the nonprofit She Is The Music with Alicia Keys. Gerson serves on the board of Project Healthy Minds, championing mental health for artists, and enjoys yoga and meditation in her personal time.

Interesting fact: She began her career in the tape room of Chappell Music and is credited with signing a 15-year-old Alicia Keys and a then-unknown Lady Gaga.

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Experience
42 Years
Current Role
Chairman and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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Songwriter Advocacy
Her leadership focuses on a "songwriter-first" culture, ensuring artists are supported creatively and compensated fairly. She has overseen major catalog acquisitions like Bob Dylan's.
Female Leadership
As the first female CEO of a major music publisher, she is a vocal champion for advancing women in the industry and co-founded the nonprofit She Is The Music.
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Career

Work history

2015
Chairman and CEO
Universal Music Publishing Group
2008 - 2014
Co President
Sony Music Publishing
1991 - 2008
Head of West Coast A&R
EMI Music Publishing
1988 - 1991
Head of East Coast A&R
EMI Music Publishing
1983 - 1988
Warner Chappell Music
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Education
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Northwestern University
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