Luke Wood | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University (BA) |
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| Spouse | Sophia Nardin |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | lukewood |
Luke Wood is an American music executive and musician, known as being the president of both Beats Electronics from 2012 to 2020 and DGC Records from 2007 to 2010. [1] [2] [3] He was also a guitarist for the 1990s alt-rock bands Sammy and Girls Against Boys. [4]
Luke grew up in Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, New York, and graduated from Wilson Magnet High School in 1987. [5]
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in American Studies in 1991 from Wesleyan University and is a member of the university's board of trustees. [6]
Prior to Beats Electronics, Wood was chief strategy officer of Interscope Geffen A&M [7] and president of its rock imprint DGC Records. [3] [8] As DGC's president, Wood was responsible for all Artists & Repertoire (A&R) and marketing decisions [9] and for developing and guiding the label's artists including Weezer, All-American Rejects, Rise Against, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [10] [11] Before working in A&R, Wood was involved in the firm's marketing and publicity. [3]
In 1991, Wood served as a director of publicity for Geffen Records, where he represented bands including Nirvana and Sonic Youth. [10] He later served as director of marketing for Geffen Records and as vice president of A&R at DreamWorks Records. [9]
Wood joined Interscope Records in 2003 (during its merger with DreamWorks) as executive vice president of A&R, [9] where he signed artists such as Jimmy Eat World and Elliott Smith. [11] He later became the President of DGC Records from 2007 to 2010.
In September 2014, Wood was added to Fender Guitar's board of directors. [12]
Wood joined Beats Electronics in February 2011 as president and COO, working directly with Dr. Dre and Iovine on product development [3] and overseeing day-to-day operations at the company. [7] Wood was instrumental in Beats Electronics’ acquisition of subscription music service MOG in July 2012 which was later launched into Beats Music in January 2014. [13] Under Luke Wood's leadership, in August 2014, Beats Electronics and Beats Music were acquired by Apple Inc. for $3 billion. [14] In April 2020, Wood stepped down as president of Beats Electronics. [15]
Wood was guitarist for Sammy, a 1990s alt-rock band that released three albums: Debut Album (1994) and Kings of the Island Empire (1995), released by Smells Like Records, and Tales of Great Neck Glory (1996), released by Geffen/DGC Records.
Wood is married to Sophia Nardin, a writer he met during his time at Wesleyan University. [16] He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. [16]
In August 2014, shortly after Apple's acquisition of Beats for $3 billion, Wood purchased Silvertop, a 4,700-square-foot (440 m2) residence in Los Angeles, for $8.55 million. [17] [16] The house was designed by architect John Lautner and built in 1956 for inventor Kenneth Reiner, who never occupied it as he eventually went bankrupt. The unfinished property was sold to a neighbouring couple in 1974, who made the house habitable and lived in it for forty years. [16] When Wood acquired Silvertop, he commissioned architect Barbara Bestor, who had designed the Beats Electronics offices in LA, to renovate the property. [16] The renovations were completed in 2018. [16] [18]
Geffen Records is an American record label established by David Geffen and owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint.
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MOG was a paid subscription online music service and blog network, where subscribers could listen to and read about music. Subscribers could play tracks available in its catalog on a variety of digital devices, including computers, handheld devices, Sonos systems and television. MOG also allowed users to access aggregated editorial content from music blogs, user posts, and in-house editors.
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Kenneth Reiner was an American industrialist, philanthropist and inventor best known for constructing Silvertop, a landmark which is recognized one of the prominent architectural works of John Lautner. He also manufactured hair clips and Kaylock, a self-locking aircraft nut. After the World War II broke out, he invented spring steel Lady Ellen Klippies that subsequently captured 90% of market share. In 1974, he was charged with bankruptcy, leading him to sell Silvertop project.
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