Irving Azoff

Irving Azoff
Azoff in 2018
Born (1947-12-12) December 12, 1947 (age 76)
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1971-present
Known forChairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment
Spouse
Rochelle "Shelli" Cumsky
(m. 1978)
Children4

Irving Azoff (/ˈzɒf/; born December 12, 1947) is an American businessman, who is chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has worked as an agent, personal manager, concert promoter, movie producer, independent record label owner, merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of a record label.[1]

Since September 2013 he has been chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, a venture with the Madison Square Garden Company, prior to which he was chairman and CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment and was executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and CEO of Front Line Management. He is on the boards of Starz Inc. and IMG.[2]

In 2012, he topped Billboard's Power 100.[3] Labels founded by Azoff include Full Moon Records and Giant Records.

  1. ^ "The New Pioneers: Irving Azoff on His Plan to Deal With the 'StubHub Factor' -- 'You Have Lots of People Escaping With Lots of Money'". Yahoo.com. August 11, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Live Nation Chairman Azoff Said to Exit Concert Company". Bloomberg.com. January 1, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Billboard Reveals the 2012 Power 100 | Billboard.biz". billboard.biz. January 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)