Phil Quartararo Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Phil Quartararo is an American music industry executive. He is best known for his work as the president of Capitol Records from 1991 to 1995. He is also the former president of Warner Bros. Records and the former executive vice president of Sony Music Entertainment. Quartararo was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 7, 1956. He attended the University of Miami, where he earned a degree in music business. Quartararo began his career in the music industry in the late 1970s, working as a promotions manager for Arista Records. He then moved to Capitol Records in 1981, where he worked his way up to become the president of the label in 1991. During his tenure at Capitol, Quartararo signed and developed a number of successful artists, including the Beastie Boys, Radiohead, and Tori Amos. In 1995, Quartararo left Capitol to become the president of Warner Bros. Records. During his time at Warner Bros., he signed and developed a number of successful artists, including the Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morissette, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2000, Quartararo left Warner Bros. to become the executive vice president of Sony Music Entertainment. He left Sony in 2003 and has since worked as a consultant for various music industry companies. As of 2021, Phil Quartararo's net worth is estimated to be roughly $10 million.

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Quartararo sits on the boards of the Grammy Foundation, City of Hope, Cedar Sinai, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), T J Martell Foundation, Pacific Science Center, State of California Board for Engineers and Surveyors and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications (Senior Board).

In late 2007, Quartararo left EMI to work with start up companies focused on digital music distribution. In 2009, he started his own firm, Tripod Partners which has worked with various music industry companies as Beta Records TV, global online talent search Avon Voices, Shazam music discovery app and Guvera music streaming service. He is associated with the talent management firm The Collective and a principal in the consultancy QP2 Group. Quartararo also manages Yoshiki, singer-songwriter Brandon Howard, and heavy metal group XJapan. Quartararo was executive producer of the 8 hour PBS miniseries The Soundtrack of Our Lives . He also serviced as executive producer of the double Grammy award winning album, Les Paul And Friends: A Tribute To A Legend. At the 2013 Midem conference, Quartararo was referenced by industry media for his observation, “The old record business didn’t get killed. It committed suicide. The industry didn’t listen to its consumers.”

In 2002, Quartararo was hired to become Executive Vice President of EMI Music and President of EMI Marketing. Quartararo reorganized EMI, shifting its focus from sales and distribution to marketing. He directed the marketing and launch of recordings of Coldplay, Norah Jones, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, RBD, Beach Boys as well as marketing the estate catalogs of Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Les Paul and Dean Martin.

Quartararo was named by Billboard magazine as Music Executive of the Year (2001), and received the NARAS Governors Award.

In 1997, Quartararo was recruited as President Warner Bros. Records which was ranked #1 out of world’s largest record companies. At Warner he worked with artists including Linkin Park, Josh Groban, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Wilco, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith Hill, Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day.

In 1986 Quartararo was recruited by Richard Branson as part of the team to launch Virgin Records America along with executives, Jordan Harris and Jeff Ayeroff. In 1992 he became President and CEO of Virgin Records America. At Virgin he was influential in the recording careers of Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Abdul, Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson and Ben Harper. He is credited with the marketing blitz that launched the Spice Girls in the U.S., the success of which brought him to the attention of Warner Bros. Records.

Quartararo began his career in the record industry as a local radio promotion manager for A&M Records from 1977 to 1981. He moved on to become a regional promotion manager for RCA Records from 1981 to 1983. His executive breakthrough came when he was hired as Senior VP Promotion and Marketing for Island Records from 1982 to 1986 where he was instrumental in breaking U2 in America.

Philip Michael Quartararo (born January 7, 1956) is an American music industry executive. He has held positions as CEO at Virgin Records, Warner Bros. Records and EMI, and has been involved in the careers of recording artists ranging from Linkin Park to Josh Groban to the Spice Girls. Quartararo is known as a defender of artist rights. He has spoken out on the fight against music piracy and the need to restore the value of music. Quartararo is regarded as one of the most promotion-minded executives in the music business and is regarded as a thought leader on the subject of partnership between brands and artists.