Julie Swidler

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Julie Swidler
Born
Julie Greifer [1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Union College
Cardozo School of Law
Occupation(s)Executive vice president and general counsel (global)
Sony Music
Years active1988-present
Employer Sony Music
Board member of RIAA, Union College, T.J. Martell Foundation
SpouseMichael Swidler (1988 - Present)
AwardsLifetime 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]

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Career

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]

Honors

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]

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