Jeff Rabhan is an American music industry executive and the Chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Throughout his 20+ years of experience, Rabhan has worked practically in all regions of the music industry and has helped guide the careers of international superstars across all genres of well-known music, from Kelly Clarkson to Lil’ Kim, Michelle Branch to DMX and Jermaine Dupri. His customers have garnered more than a dozen Grammy Honours, sold several hundred million information, and produced over one billion dollars in global receipts.
Rabhan was born in Savannah, Georgia and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He studied journalism at New York University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Shortly after graduation, Rabhan earned a post at Rolling Stone.
After leaving Rolling Stone and moving to SPIN magazine on the West Coast, Rabhan was offered a position at Atlantic Records, ultimately serving as Senior Director of A&R and Soundtracks. Subsequently, Elektra Records named him Executive in Charge of Soundtracks during which period he oversaw the soundtrack releases of such films as Beautiful Girls, and Four Rooms.
Next Rabhan worked as an independent music supervisor and A&R consultant, discovering and shopping superstar pop trio Hanson and supervising the Scream soundtrack. He was then offered a position at Los Angeles- based entertainment company The Firm, Inc., as partner working alongside founder Jeff Kwatinetz. While At The Firm, he worked closely with artists such as DMX, Jermaine Dupri, Kelly Clarkson, & Michelle Branch.
In 2006 Rabhan left The Firm to launch his own management company, Three Ring Projects. The company has publishing and label imprints through Universal Music Group. The entity embraced multiple forms of media, fashion and lifestyle products brokering deals for clients with brands such as Boost Mobile, Heineken, and Ford Motor Company. At Three Ring, he helped parlay Elliott Yamin’s (American Idol) appearance into the highest chart debut by a new artist on an independent label in Soundscan history. He took the career reins of Grammy-nominated and Grammy-award winning artists Kelis and Everlast, as well as Jermaine Dupri.
Rabhan took over as Chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in 2010 while continuing to advise companies and artists. He recently wrote Cool Jobs in the Music Business, a book that explains music business career options to high school and college-aged students. It was released by inTune/Hal Leonard in February 2013.
James Donald Bowman (later changed to James David Vance)
Birthday:
August 2nd, 1984
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Source of Wealth:
Politician, Investor, Author
JD Vance Net Worth
JD Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and a Republican politician, has an estimated net worth between $3.75 million and $10.495 million. As of 2024 , his tax disclosure as a member of the US Senate places his reported net worth at 5 Million. This wealth range is derived from several sources, including his career as a venture capitalist, his book royalties, and his political salary.
Vance gained significant income from his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” which not only sold well but also had its movie rights purchased by Imagine Entertainment. His venture capital firm, Narya Capital, which he co-founded with notable investors like Peter Thiel and Eric Schmidt, also contributes to his income, with Vance reportedly earning $327,000 annually from this venture【6†source】【7†source】【8†source】.
In terms of assets, Vance holds various investments in mutual funds, stocks, and real estate. His 2022 financial disclosure reveals investments in companies like AppHarvest and Rumble, with values ranging broadly due to the nature of disclosure forms. The Vances own a home in Cincinnati, Ohio, valued at $1.4 million, and a townhouse in Washington, D.C., valued at $698,140【6†source】【8†source】【9†source】.
Overall, Vance’s wealth primarily stems from his business ventures and successful authorship, supplemented by his political career and prudent investments.
Dubbed the “Queen of Las Vegas,” Elaine Wynn is an American businesswoman and has a net worth of $2 billion dollars which makes her one of the richest people in Nevada. She co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts with her former husband, Steve Wynn who she had been married and divorced twice.
Wynn was born to a middle-class Jewish family on April 28, 1942, in New York City. She graduated from George Washington University, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science in 1964.
After marrying Steve during her third year of college, Wynn worked Sundays at his father’s Maryland bingo hall before the couple moved to Las Vegas. They launched Mirage Resorts in 1973 and went on to cofound Wynn Resorts in 2002. Wynn served as a board member for 13 years until 2015.
Wynn is the company’s largest shareholder, with a 9% stake valued in May 2018 at nearly $2 billion. In 2018, after revelations of Steve Wynn’s reported sexual harassment of multiple Wynn employees, and payments to cover up those allegations that were kept secret from the board of directors, he sold his 12% share of the company and agreed to return voting rights to Elaine Wynn (which she had signed away during their 2010 divorce agreement).
Her ex-husband and cofounder Steve Wynn cashed out entirely and stepped down as CEO amid sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied.
In June 2018, Wynn successfully led a shareholder proxy campaign to remove John Hagenbuch from the board, due to his conflict of interest created by ties to the company’s former CEO
Dana White is an American businessman and sports promoter who has a net worth of $500 million. Dana White is best known for being the President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization. When UFC sold to William Morris Endeavor (WME) in 2016, Dana owned 9% of the company. He had previously sold the majority to the Fertitta brothers (billionaire casino magnates). After taxes, Dana’s 9% cut from the sale was around $360 million.
He spent his youth going back and forth between Las Vegas and Maine. While growing up, White spent much of his time involved in sports, particularly boxing, and is a lifelong fan of the baseball team the Boston Red Sox. He graduated from Hermon High School in Maine in 1987.
White went on to attend the University of Massachusetts, though he did not finish. While he was there, he opened up a boxing program for at-risk children in the inner city. To make a living during this time, he also became an aerobics instructor. Eventually, he relocated full-time to Las Vegas and, in 1992, established Dana White Enterprises.
It was around this time that he began managing fighters Chuck Lidell and Tito Ortiz. White continued to expand his horizons into other styles of fighting, including Mixed Martial Arts and Muay Thai, styles that would later come to define the UFC.
Luckily for White, he had grown up with Lorenzo Fertitta, a former high school classmate who had made a name for himself as an executive at hotel and casino company Station Casinos. The two reunited at a wedding in the mid-’90s, bonding over their shared love of boxing and stating that they hoped to work together in the future.
It was while managing fighters that White became embroiled in disputes with the UFC. After looking into the finances of Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, he found that they were going broke. At learning the news, White approached his childhood friend, Lorenzo Fertitta, about making an offer.
Lorenzo quickly saw the profit that could be had and he made a deal to buy the UFC. Lorenzo also invited his older brother Frank to get in on the action. In total, the Fertitta brothers paid $2 million in 2001 for an 81% ownership stake in the UFC. They soon appointed White as president. In the years since buying the UFC, White and his team have taken the organization, which used to be seen as barbaric and illegal, and turned it into an international phenomenon.
White has continued to act as president, even after the sale of the company. Under his leadership, he has been able to increase the popularity of the sport and turn it into a multi-billion dollar business. The UFC announced in May 2017 that White would be the host of a show called Dana White’s Contender Series. The show is only available through UFC’s digital streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. It features up-and-coming fighters and gives them the opportunity to showcase their skills so that they may one day make it to the UFC. White revealed on March 18, 2019, that he had penned a new seven-year contract with ESPN to remain the UFC president.