Julie Swidler

Julie Swidler
Born
Julie Greifer [1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUnion College
Cardozo School of Law
Occupation(s)Executive vice president and general counsel (global)
Sony Music
Years active1988-present
EmployerSony Music
Board member ofRIAA, Union College, T.J. Martell Foundation
SpouseMichael Swidler (1988 - Present)
AwardsLifetime Music Industry Award, TJ Martell Foundation
Billboard Power 100 (2020,2021,2022,2023).[2][3]

Julie Greifer Swidler is an American attorney and music industry executive.[4]

Career

Swidler is the executive vice president and general counsel of Sony Music Entertainment, a position she has held since 2008.[5] [6]

Swidler is on the Recording Academy task force on diversity and inclusion, which examines barriers and biases affecting women and other underrepresented voices in the music industry.[7] She is a member of the board of directors of the RIAA,[8] the UJA-Federation of New York's Music for Youth initiative, and the TJ Martell Foundation.[9] She was the first woman to receive the Grammy Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award.[10][11]

Honors

Swidler is a 2016 recipient of the Grammy Foundation's ELI Service Award.[12] Swidler received the Lifetime Music Industry Award from the T.J. Martell Foundation in 2017.[13]

In 2020, Swidler received The Presidential Award by the Music Business Association.[14][15] She appeared on the Billboard Power List in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Michael Swidler Wed To Julie Greifer on L.I." The New York Times. 1988-09-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. ^ "The 2020 Billboard Power List Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  3. ^ DiGiacomo, Frank (2023-02-02). "Billboard's 2023 Power 100: Executives List Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. ^ "Sony BMG Promotes Swidler". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. ^ "Julie Swidler: Women In Music 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. ^ "ELLE's Women In Music Power List". ELLE. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  7. ^ "Recording Academy names 16 people who will make up its diversity 'task force' - Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  8. ^ "Board & Executives - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  9. ^ "Rumor Mill - T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION TO HONOR SWIDLER, STENNETT, BOOM". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  10. ^ Variety Staff (2018-06-28). "Grammys' Next In Line? Five Candidates Who Could Replace Neil Portnow". Variety. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  11. ^ Sisario, Ben (2018-02-05). "Top Female Music Executives Send Rebuke to Grammys Leadership". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  12. ^ "Julie Greifer Swidler – Digital Music Forum". www.digitalmusicforum.com.
  13. ^ "We are proud to honor Julie Swidler,... - The T.J. Martell Foundation". Facebook. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  14. ^ "Sony Music's Julie Swidler to receive 'Music Biz' Presidential Award". Music Biz Nation.
  15. ^ "Sony Music's Julie Swidler to Receive Music Biz Presidential Award (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  16. ^ Billboard Staff (2022-01-26). "The 2022 Billboard Power List Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-26.