- Born
- Nickname
- Little Israel
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Lyor Cohen is a creative business music executive who has served as the leader of a major label, a world wide music group, consolidated numerous large recording entities, and now serves as the CEO/Co-Founder of 300 Entertainment. Lyor has helped to develop the careers of artists like Public Enemy, JAY Z, Kanye West, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Mariah Carey, Bruno Mars, fun., Ed Sheeran, Run DMC, Michael Buble, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Paramore, and many more. In addition, Lyor has helped to develop and served as a mentor for executives such as Julie Greenwald, Todd Moscowitz, Kevin Liles, Mike Kyser, and John Janick. Lyor Cohen has a history of 32 years of evolution.
- IMDb mini biography by: Pez
- SpouseLi Xin(August 2, 2016 - present)
- President, Island Def Jam Music Group
- Son of Israeli immigrants and the grandson of an Israeli Army general.
- Won a ruling in federal appeals court to reduce a judgment against him and Island/Def Jam from $54 million to just over $100,000. Independent label TVT was initially rewarded $132 million in March 2003 after a U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals jury found Island/Def Jam guilty of interfering with TVT's release of a Ja Rule and Irv Gotti album, and Cohen personally liable for fraud, willful copyright infringement and wrongful interference with contract. (15 June 2004)
- (26 January) Leaves Island/Def Jam after 21 years to become head of U.S. recorded music operations of Warner Music Group.
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