Company Structure and Sales
Cary Sherman has been the RIAA's chairman and CEO since 2011. Sherman joined the RIAA as its general counsel in 1997 and became president of the board of directors in 2001, serving in that position until being made chairman and CEO.
Mitch Glazier has been the RIAA's senior executive vice president since 2011. He served as executive vice president for public policy and industry relations from 2000 to 2011.
The past RIAA chairman and CEO is the Mitch Bainwol, who served from 2003 to 2011. He left in 2011 to become president and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
The board of directors consists of 26 members of the board, drawn mostly from the big three members of the RIAA. The board is currently made up of:
- Cary Sherman - RIAA
- Colin Finkelstein - EMI Recorded Music
- Bill Hearn - EMI Christian Music Group
- Deirdre McDonald - Sony Music Entertainment
- Terry Hemmings - Provident Music Group/Sony Music Entertainment
- Kevin Kelleher - Sony Music Entertainment
- Thomas Hesse - Sony Music Entertainment
- Julie Swidler - Sony Music Entertainment
- Luke Wood- Interscope Records
- Jeff Harleston - Universal Music Group
- Zach Horowitz - Universal Music Group
- Mel Lewinter - Universal Motown Republic Group
- Craig Kallman - The Atlantic Group
- Paul Robinson Warner Music Group
- Bob Cavallo - Buena Vista Music
- Glen Barros - Concord Music Group
- Mike Curb - Curb Records
- Michael Koch - Entertainment One U.S.
- Tom Silverman - Tommy Boy Entertainment
- Steve Bartels - Island Records
The RIAA represents over 1,600 member labels, which are private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, and collectively create and distribute about 90% of recorded music sold in the United States. The largest and most influential of the members are the "Big Three" that include:
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Universal Music Group
- Warner Music Group
The RIAA reports that total retail value of recordings sold by their members was $10.4 billion at the end of 2007, a decline from $14.6 billion in 1999.
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