Jon Cohen (entrepreneur)
| Jon Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 12, 1968 |
| Residence | New York City |
| Occupation | Co-CEO of Cornerstone Co-founder of The Fader Co-founder Fader Label |
Jon Cohen (born July 21, 1968) is an American music and media executive in New York City.
Cohen graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communication in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in television and radio, film and marketing. After graduation he joined EMI’s SBK label, promoting Blur and Jesus Jones. Cohen then worked for Columbia-Sony with Jeff Buckley, Alice in Chains and the The Presidents of the United States of America. In May 2012, he was honored by Syracuse University’s music and entertainment industry Bandier Program (founded by Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman and CEO Martin Bandier) for wide-ranging contributions to the program.
In 1997, less than a year after Rob Stone founded Cornerstone (a New York-based creative-lifestyle marketing firm with offices in Los Angeles and London which is "charting a new direction for the music industry"), Cohen left Columbia to join Stone as a partner and co-CEO at Cornerstone (which was recognized in 2007 for its integration of musicians in advertising campaigns). Their work with clients such as Converse, Microsoft, Nike, Xbox, Mountain Dew and Diageo has given Cornerstone a reputation as a pioneer in advertising and music.
Cohen is a member of the board of directors for Sweetgreen, a farm-to-table salad chain, and helped create the annual Sweetlife Festival concert. He is also on the board of the Children’s Cancer Association’s music-medicine program, MyMusicRx, a digital playground delivering music to critically ill youth in the United States and Canada.
In 1999, Cohen co-founded The Fader with Rob Stone. An award-winning magazine, it was called "the new music-and-fashion bible" by the New York Times. With its 39th issue, The Fader became the first full-length magazine available on iTunes. The magazine also produces Fader TV.
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