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Tom Sturges

Tom Sturges
Born (1956-06-22) June 22, 1956 (age 60)
Paris, France
Residence Manhattan Beach, California
Nationality American
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Davis
Occupation Music executive, Author

Tom Sturges is an American music executive, teacher, speaker, and author.

Born in France, Sturges is one of only seven Americans baptized at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Sturges is the third son of Preston Sturges, the Hollywood screenwriter and director who died when Tom was three years old, and Sandy Nagle Sturges. Sturges studied music at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Los Angeles in the late 1970s. At age 14, Tom sued his mother for the right to his own custody and won the case, a first time in favor of a minor.

Sturges began his career in the music industry at Clive Davis' Arista Music Publishing, where after interning and taking an opening-level position, he spent three years as a creative executive. In the two years following, Tom worked at Screen Gems Music/ EMI Music with Carole King, Gerry Goffin, and Katrina & The Waves.

In 1985, Sturges became vice president at the company, and in 1989, assumed the role as president of the Chrysalis Music Group, where he signed artists including Smashing Pumpkins, Goodie Mob, OutKast, Green Jelly, Slaughter, songwriters Antonina Armato, and Kipper Jones. At Chrysalis, he also pitched songs that became charting hits for artists including Aretha Franklin, Cher, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, George Michael, and Whitney Houston.

After Chrysalis, he was president and general manager of Shaquille O'Neal’s imprint, Twism Records. He then became executive vice president and head of creative for Universal Music Publishing Group. While at Universal, he signed artists 3 Doors Down, 50 Cent, Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots, Jack Johnson, Owl City, Vanessa Carleton, Afroman, and Chris Brown, as well as writer/producers Mark Batson and Sean Garrett. Sturges left the company in 2011. He then joined the advisory board for the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. For over ten years Sturges has taught at UCLA, where he co-created the class “Music Business Now” with Jeff Jampol and Lenny Beer.


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