Mel Lewinter is an American music industry executive. He is Executive Vice President of Label Strategy at

Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

Career

Lewinter has held several important positions within the music industry, working at

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

and now Sony Music Entertainment. He served as Vice Chairman of the

Atlantic Group The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...

. Lewinter also served in high ranking positions at Warner Music Group. He was Executive Vice President of their US division and also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Group. Lewinter was also Vice Chairman of

MCA Music Entertainment Group MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. More recently he served as Chairman & CEO of

Universal Motown Universal Motown Records was an American record label that operated as a division of Universal Motown Republic Group. It was the contemporary incarnation of the legendary Motown Records label, and the "urban" half of UMG, although there were some ...

and then became Chairman & CEO of

Universal Motown Republic Group Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG) was an umbrella label founded in 1999 by Universal Music Group to oversee the labels assigned to its unit. UMRG was formed in 1999 by pooling together Universal Records, Motown Records, and Republic Records, ...

. He is the Executive Vice President of Label Strategy at

. Doug Morris announced that he had appointed to this position in October 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewinter, Mel American music industry executives Sony Music Living people Year of birth missing (living people)