Craig Kallman
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| Born | 1965 Manhattan, New York |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Founder of Big Beat Records Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records |
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Atlantic Records 1991-present Current (Chairman & CEO) |
Craig Kallman is an American businessman and former DJ. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Records. His music career began in the 1980s as a DJ in Manhattan. He is the founder of Big Beat Records, an independent label he founded in 1987. The label was purchased by Atlantic Records, where he has worked since 1991 after the acquisition, becoming its CEO in 2005.
Kallman is considered one of the world's leading investors in rare records. He has a collection of approximately 750,000 records, 150,000 items of music memorabilia and 100,000 compact discs.
Kallman was born in Manhattan, New York in 1965. His father had an eclectic record collection that exposed Kallman to a wide range of music. Kallman began collecting records at an early age, traveling from record store to record store in New York, something that became a weekend routine even until today. He attended high school at Trinity School before moving on to Brown University. He pursued a liberal arts degree and graduated magna cum laude in 1987. He had plans to enroll in Harvard Business School but decided to pursue a career in the music industry.
Kallman's music career began while he was still in high school. He worked in Columbia Records' dance department and was DJing at nightclubs in New York City, striking a deal with his father to DJ on weeknights as long as he maintained honors in school. From the early to mid-1980s, he held several DJ residencies including at Danceteria, Area, and The Palladium. During his time at Brown, he was a representative for CBS Records, and programmed urban and rock specialty shows for WBRU-FM. He began working for Factory Records after graduation. He also spent time at Billboard Magazine working in its charts department while performing as a resident DJat such clubs as The Tunnel and Mars spinning records from his extensive record collection.
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