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Martin Bandier (Martin N. Bandier) was born on 21 July, 1941 in New York City, United States, is an American music executive (born 1941). Discover Martin Bandier's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Martin N. Bandier
Occupation music industry executive
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 21 July 1941
Birthday 21 July
Birthplace New York City, United States
Nationality United States

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His wife is Denise LeFrak (divorced) Dorothy Harris

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1941

Martin N. Bandier (born July 21, 1941) is an American music industry executive who was the CEO/Chairman of Sony/ATV Music Publishing for 11 years from 2007 until 2019.

Bandier was born July 21, 1941, and grew up in Queens.

He graduated from Stuyvesant High School at 16.

1961

At Syracuse University he majored in political science and history and received a B.A. in 1961.

1965

He then attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1965.

Following graduation from Brooklyn Law School, he joined the New York firm of Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel.

1969

In 1969, Bandier became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization, where he rose to Senior Vice President.

1975

In 1975, he formed The Entertainment Company with Sam LeFrak and Charles Koppelman as his co-principals.

1980

In the early 1980s Bandier and Denise LeFrak divorced, and in 1984 Bandier and Koppelman dissolved their partnership with LeFrak and formed the Entertainment Music Company and the Entertainment Television Company.

1986

In 1986, the partners purchased the Combine Music Catalog.

That same year, Bandier and Koppelman teamed with financier Stephen Swid to form SBK Entertainment World, Inc. and purchased the 250,000 title CBS songs catalog for the then-record price of $125 million.

1989

In 1989, Bandier helped engineer the sale of SBK's song catalog to EMI Music and the creation of SBK Records.

By the end of the first year at EMI, the company was named Billboard Magazine's number one music publisher.

1990

In 1990, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

1991

Prior to that he was the chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing Worldwide from 1991 to 2006.

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 1991, EMI Music Publishing Worldwide, then the world's largest music publisher, named Bandier – until then its vice chairman – chairman and chief executive.

He was also president and chief operating officer of the SBK Records Group, a record label that EMI operated with its parent.

1994

In 1994, he won the Arents Award.

2005

In 2005, Bandier asked EMI to sell him its publishing unit, and when it refused he resigned in 2006.

A few months later he took over as head of the music publishing entity Sony/ATV.

2006

In 2006 Bandier established a music and entertainment industry degree program titled The Bandier Program in Recording and Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University.

2007

In 2007, Bandier assumed the position of chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing responsible for overseeing its global music publishing activities, including talent and copyright acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and the development and implementation of the company's long-term strategic initiatives.

2009

In 2009, he was chief executive of Sony/ATV.

2012

In 2012, Sony/ATV Music Publishing consortium acquired EMI Music Publishing, reunited Bandier with his former company catalog he helped build.

2015

In February 2015 he received the President's Merit Award as a Grammy Icon at the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Gala in Los Angeles.

He was the first music publisher to receive the award.

2017

The program, initially housed at the College of Visual and Performing Arts was later moved to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2017.

Billboard has consistently ranked the Bandier program amongst the top music business programs in the nation.

In 2017, he received a Lifetime Service Award from the National Publishers' Association.

2019

Bandier stepped down from the Chairman/CEO of the company in March 2019 and was succeeded by Jon Platt.

Bandier is a member on the boards of the City of Hope, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the NMPA, where he is Vice President of the Board of Directors.

He also serves as a trustee of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Syracuse University.

The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Foundation, the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy, also announced that their respective Boards had elected Bandier to be a MusiCares Director.

In May 2019, he was named BMI Icon at BMI's 67th Annual Pop Awards.

Bandier has been married twice.

He met his first wife Denise LeFrak, daughter of housing developer Samuel LeFrak, during college at Syracuse.

They had two children before divorcing: Allison Bandier Koffman and Jenifer Lee Bandier.

His second wife is Dorothy Harris.

They have one son: Max Harris Bandier.