Jimmy Iovine is regarded as a music industry legend as well as a forward-thinking visionary. Iovine, along with Dr. Dre, co-founded Beats Electronics (Beats) and Beats Music, both of which were acquired by Apple Inc. in 2014 in a $3 billion deal.
Iovine also founded and served as Chairman of Universal Music Group’s Interscope Geffen A&M Records unit.
Dropping out of college at age 19, Iovine was introduced to music production after he met a songwriter who got him a job cleaning a recording studio, and he soon began working as an engineer. Iovine has been involved in the production of over 250 albums since the beginning of his career.
As a recording engineer, he found himself in the studio with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen (Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town) before setting his sights on being a producer.
Building on what he’d learned from the masters, he helped Patti Smith (Easter), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Damn The Torpedoes), and U2 (Rattle & Hum) — all current Rock and Roll Hall of Famers — achieve career breakthroughs.
Iovine also produced Stevie Nicks first solo album (Bella Donna) as well as albums for Dire Straits (Making Movies) and The Pretenders (Get Close).