Julie Swidler | |
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Born | Julie Greifer [1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Union College Cardozo School of Law |
Occupation(s) | Executive vice president and general counsel (global) Sony Music |
Years active | 1988-present |
Employer | Sony Music |
Board member of | RIAA, Union College, T.J. Martell Foundation |
Spouse | Michael Swidler (1988 - Present) |
Awards | Lifetime Music Industry Award, TJ Martell Foundation Billboard Power 100 (2020,2021,2022,2023).[2][3] |
Julie Greifer Swidler is an American attorney and music industry executive.[4]
Swidler is the executive vice president and general counsel of Sony Music Entertainment, a position she has held since 2008.[5] [6]
Swidler is on the Recording Academy task force on diversity and inclusion, which examines barriers and biases affecting women and other underrepresented voices in the music industry.[7] She is a member of the board of directors of the RIAA,[8] the UJA-Federation of New York's Music for Youth initiative, and the TJ Martell Foundation.[9] She was the first woman to receive the Grammy Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award.[10][11]
Swidler is a 2016 recipient of the Grammy Foundation's ELI Service Award.[12] Swidler received the Lifetime Music Industry Award from the T.J. Martell Foundation in 2017.[13]
In 2020, Swidler received The Presidential Award by the Music Business Association.[14][15] She appeared on the Billboard Power List in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[16]