Walter Yetnikoff

Walter Yetnikoff (Born August 11, 1933, Brooklyn, New York) was the president of CBS Records International from 1971 to 1975 and president of CBS Records from 1975 to 1990.

Yetnikoff has retired and gone on to write his memoirs, Howling at the Moon (published in 2004). During his career at CBS, he influenced the careers of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand.