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Article: Upping volume in executive suite; Def Jam chief aims to enter corporate sphere; can success outweigh industry's image?(News)(Kevin Liles)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- April 7, 2003
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Byline: samantha marshall
As he walks into his favorite Manhattan lunch spot, Palm West, Def Jam President Kevin Liles is greeted by a dozen media and entertainment moguls and given a bear hug by a Showtime executive.
Judging by the enthusiastic reception and the fact that his caricature hangs on the restaurant wall along with those of luminaries like Connie Chung, Mr. Liles has become a bona fide member of their executive club.
He's earned his stripes as an entertainment executive by making Def Jam Recordings, a part of Vivendi Universal, the dominant hip-hop record company. He has doubled revenues to about $400 million during his four years ...
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