Jeff Vaughn is an American music executive. He is the founder and CEO of Signal Records, a joint venture with Columbia Records. Until 2021, he was the chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group. He was a member of '' Billboard'''s 40 Under 40 list in 2021.

Early life and education

Vaughn was born in

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. He graduated from Duke University.

Career

Vaughn started his career at

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. In 2011, he joined

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, a joint venture with Atlantic Records, where he worked closely alongside

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and

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. He became VP of Artist and Repertoire at APG in 2017. In 2020, he became the president of Capitol Music Group, and became CEO the next year alongside Michelle Jubelirer. In 2022, he founded the

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-based record label Signal Records and became its CEO.

References

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