Marty Bandier
| Martin Bandier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Martin N. Bandier July 21, 1941 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | B.A. Syracuse University J.D. Brooklyn Law School |
| Occupation | music industry executive |
| Employer | Sony/ATV |
| Home town | Southampton, New York |
| Title | CEO |
| Spouse(s) | Denise LeFrak (divorced) Dorothy Harris |
| Children |
with LeFrak: --Allison Bandier Koffman --Jenifer Bandier with Harris: --Max Harris Bandier |
| Awards | inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame |
Martin N. "Marty" Bandier (born July 21, 1941) is an American music industry executive, who is the CEO of Sony/ATV.
Bandier studied at Stuyvesant High School, Syracuse University, and Brooklyn Law School. He practiced with Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel, and then became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization. In 1991, he became chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing Worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2007 he became chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Bandier was born July 21, 1941, and grew up in Queens. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School at 16. At Syracuse University he met his first wife – Denise LeFrak, daughter of housing developer Samuel LeFrak – and majored in political science and history and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961. He then attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1965.
Following graduation from Brooklyn Law School, he joined the New York firm of Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel. In 1969, Bandier became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization, where he rose to Senior Vice President. In 1975, he formed The Entertainment Company with Sam LeFrak and Charles Koppelman as his co-principals.
In the early 1980s Bandier and Denise LeFrak divorced, and in 1984 Bandier and Koppelman dissolved their partnership with LeFrak and formed the Entertainment Music Company and the Entertainment Television Company. In 1986, the partners purchased the Combine Music Catalog. That same year, Bandier and Koppelman teamed with financier Stephen Swid to form SBK Entertainment World, Inc. and purchased the 250,000 title CBS songs catalog for the then-record price of $125 million. In 1989, Bandier helped engineer the sale of SBK's song catalog to EMI Music and the creation of SBK Records. By the end of the first year at EMI, the company was named Billboard Magazine's number one music publisher.
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