KEN ROBOLD

Leadership Music Board President 2007-08; Class of 2002
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Universal Music Nashville
Nashville, TN

Ken Robold, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Universal Music Nashville, draws upon years of experience in the music industry to oversee all of the label group’s sales, marketing, new media, financial, and production activities. Formerly Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer for the label group, Robold assumed additional responsibilities when he was promoted to General Manager in January 2004. Robold remains committed to empowering the artists and utilizing the very best people behind them.

Prior to joining Universal Music Nashville, Robold worked in a variety of capacities at Polygram Records, Polygram Group Distribuion and most recently, Mercury Records.
Robold is a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, and earned his MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the CMA and NARAS, and serves as a member on the boards of the ACM, Avenue Bank, and Leadership Music, where he is the current board President.

Universal Music Nashville, comprised of Mercury, MCA Nashville and Lost Highway Records, is a division of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest leading music company with wholly-owned record operations or licensees in 71 countries around the world. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry’s largest global music publishing operations.

Universal Music Group consists of record labels A&M Records, Decca Record Company, Deutsche Grammophon, Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, MCA Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Philips, Polydor, Universal Records and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and UM3 (outside the U.S.).

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.