{{Short description|American music executive (born 1941)}} {{COI|date=May 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Martin Bandier | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|7|21}} | birth_place = New York City, United States | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | citizenship = United States | education = | alma_mater = Syracuse University (B.A.)<br>Brooklyn Law School ( J.D.) | occupation = Music industry executive | years_active = | employer = | known_for = | title = | spouse = {{plainlist| * Denise LeFrak (divorced) * Dorothy Harris }} | partner = | children = 3 | awards = Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame | signature = File:Martin Bandier signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png }}
'''Martin Neal Bandier'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Justia |title=Martin Neal Bandier |url=https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/martin-neal-bandier-1092025 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=lawyers.justia.com |language=en}}</ref> (born July 21, 1941) is an American music industry executive who was the CEO/Chairman of Sony/ATV Music Publishing for 11 years from 2007 until 2019. Prior to that he was the chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing Worldwide from 1991 to 2006. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
==Early life and education== Bandier was born July 21, 1941, and grew up in Queens.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1">{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3102/5031 |title=1990 Award and Induction Ceremony Induction Ceremonies |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |date= |access-date=October 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203153746/https://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3102/5031 |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Garrahan |first=Matthew |date=June 14, 2015 |title=Marty Bandier, CEO, Sony/ATV: Calling the tune |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d9129d38-0e94-11e5-8aca-00144feabdc0 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> He graduated from Stuyvesant High School at 16.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/> At Syracuse University he majored in political science and history and received a B.A. in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|first=Geraldine |last=Fabrikant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/21/business/business-people-emi-music-publishing-fills-chairman-s-post.html |title=EMI Music Publishing Fills Chairman's Post |work=New York Times |date=November 21, 1991 |access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Stephanie English |title=On Our Short List |date=March 1991 |journal=Syracuse University Magazine |volume=7 |issue=3 |page=8 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol7/iss3/4/ |access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Loughlin |first1=Wendy S. |title='A Conversation With Martin Bandier '62' to Be Held May 1 at Newhouse School |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2017/04/26/a-conversation-with-martin-bandier-62-to-be-held-may-1-at-newhouse-school/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=SU News |date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> He then attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1965.<ref name="nytimes1"/><ref name="Harold O'Grady">{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/hogrady/docs/bls_lawnotes |title=BLS LawNotes |first=Harold |last=O'Grady |publisher=ISSUU |date= |access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="John Cassy and David Teather">{{cite news|first1=John|last1=Cassy|first2=David|last2=Teather|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/mar/01/mbas.highereducation |title=The man who sold the world music |newspaper=The Guardian |date= March 2003|access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref>
==Career== Following graduation from Brooklyn Law School, he joined the New York firm of Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/><ref name="nytimes1"/><ref name="Harold O'Grady"/><ref name="John Cassy and David Teather"/> In 1969, Bandier became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization, where he rose to Senior Vice President.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/><ref name="nytimes1"/> In 1975, he formed The Entertainment Company with Sam LeFrak and Charles Koppelman as his co-principals.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/><ref name="nytimes1"/>
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.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/><ref name="nytimes1"/> In 1986, the partners purchased the Combine Music Catalog.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/> 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.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/><ref name="nytimes1"/> In 1989, Bandier helped engineer the sale of SBK's song catalog to EMI Music and the creation of SBK Records.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/> By the end of the first year at EMI, the company was named ''Billboard Magazine'''s number one music publisher.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/>
In 1991, EMI Music Publishing Worldwide, then the world's largest music publisher, named Bandier – until then its vice chairman – chairman and chief executive.<ref name="googleusercontent1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/21/business/business-people-emi-music-publishing-fills-chairman-s-post.html |title=EMI Music Publishing Fills Chairman's Post |work=New York Times |date= November 21, 1991|access-date=October 20, 2013|last1=Fabrikant |first1=Geraldine }}</ref> He was also president and chief operating officer of the SBK Records Group, a record label that EMI operated with its parent.<ref name="googleusercontent1"/> In 2005, Bandier asked EMI to sell him its publishing unit, and when it refused he resigned in 2006. A few months later he took over as head of the music publishing entity Sony/ATV.<ref name="nytimes1"/> In 2009, he was chief executive of Sony/ATV.<ref name="nytimes1"/> In 2007, Bandier assumed the position of chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing responsible for overseeing its global music publishing activities, including talent and copyright acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and the development and implementation of the company's long-term strategic initiatives.<ref name=grammy>Grammy.com November 12, 2014 [http://www.grammy.com/news/pre-grammy-gala-to-honor-martin-bandier Press release: Pre-GRAMMY Gala To Honor Martin Bandier]</ref> In 2012, Sony/ATV Music Publishing consortium acquired EMI Music Publishing, reunited Bandier with his former company catalog he helped build.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-11|title=Sony/ATV-led group swoops for EMI Music Publishing for $2.2bn|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-atv-swoops-emi-music-publishing-2-2bn/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Music Business Worldwide|language=en-US}}</ref>
Bandier stepped down from the Chairman/CEO of the company in March 2019 and was succeeded by Jon Platt.<ref>{{cite news |title=Martin Bandier confirms he'll be leaving Sony/ATV in March 2019 |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/martin-bandier-confirms-hell-be-leaving-sony-atv-in-march-2019/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=Music Business Worldwide |date=17 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |last2=Halperin |first2=Shirley |title=Jon Platt to Officially Succeed Martin Bandier at Sony/ATV Music Publishing |url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/jon-platt-martin-bandier-sony-atv-music-publishing-1202957550/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=Variety |date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
==Philanthropy== Bandier is a member on the boards of the City of Hope,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/songs-of-hope-benny-blanco-mike-will-made-it-sza-1202942753/|title='Songs of Hope' Raises $400,000 for Cancer Research, Honors 2018's Top Music Makers|last=Trakin|first=Roy|date=2018-09-14|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the NMPA, where he is Vice President of the Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/09/17/sony-atv-music-publishing-marty-bandier/|title=Sony/ATV Music Publishing Chief Marty Bandier Is Officially Leaving|last=King|first=Ashley|date=2018-09-18|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> He also serves as a trustee of the T.J. Martell Foundation<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.songhall.org/news/view/martin_bandier_to_be_honored_with_visionary_leadership_award|title=Iconic Music Publisher Martin Bandier To Be Honored With Visionary Leadership Award: Songwriters Hall of Fame|website=www.songhall.org|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> and Syracuse University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyc.syr.edu/alumni/index.html|title=Alumni: New York City|website=nyc.syr.edu|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-martin-bandier-sony-atv-music-publishing-20180515-htmlstory.html|title='Music is a growth business again' — Sony/ATV Music Publishing CEO Martin Bandier|last=Lewis|first=Randy|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Foundation, the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy, also announced that their respective Boards had elected Bandier to be a MusiCares Director.<ref name=":0" />
In 2006 Bandier established a music and entertainment industry degree program titled ''[https://newhouse.syr.edu/academics/bandier-program/bachelors/ The Bandier Program in Recording and Entertainment Industries]'' at Syracuse University.<ref name="grammy" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=Martin Bandier Establishes Scholarship for Diverse Students at Syracuse University's Bandier Program |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/marty-bandier-scholarship-syracuse-1234835441/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=Variety |date=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Loughlin |first1=Wendy S. |title=Martin Bandier '62 to Establish Marquee Scholarship Program for Students Pursuing Careers in the Music Industry |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2020/11/19/martin-bandier-62-to-establish-marquee-scholarship-program-for-students-pursuing-careers-in-the-music-industry/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=SU News |date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> The program, initially housed at the College of Visual and Performing Arts was later moved to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanley |first1=James |title=Martin Bandier Program joins Newhouse School |url=https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/martin-bandier-program-joins-newhouse-school/068047 |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=Music Week |date=April 3, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sugiyama |first1=Satoshi |title=Bandier program's move to Newhouse creates tension |url=http://dailyorange.com/2017/04/bandier-programs-move-to-newhouse-creates-tension-within-vpa/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=The Daily Orange |date=19 April 2017}}</ref> ''Billboard'' has consistently ranked the Bandier program amongst the top music business programs in the nation.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Duffy |first1=Thom |title=Billboard's 2019 Top Music Business Schools: Taking Classes From The Grammys To SXSW |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8503707/billboard-top-music-business-schools-2019 |access-date=13 February 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=March 25, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Duffy |first1=Thom |last2=Daniel |first2=Danica |title=Revealed: Billboard's 2020 Top Music Business Schools |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9365285/billboard-top-music-business-schools-2020-list |access-date=13 February 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
==Awards== In 1990, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref name="songwritershalloffame1"/> In 1994, he won the Arents Award.<ref name="grammy" /> In February 2015 he received the President's Merit Award as a Grammy Icon at the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Gala in Los Angeles. He was the first music publisher to receive the award.<ref name=grammy/>
In 2017, he received a Lifetime Service Award from the National Publishers' Association.<ref>{{Citation|last=NMPAorg|title=NMPA 2017: Martin Bandier Accepts Lifetime Service Award|date=2017-07-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsXC_3a-kc|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> In May 2019, he was named BMI Icon at BMI's 67th Annual Pop Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Sting-Imagine-Dragons-and-Martin-Bandier-Honored-at-BMIs-67th-Annual-Pop-Awards-20190515|title=Sting, Imagine Dragons, and Martin Bandier Honored at BMI's 67th Annual Pop Awards|last=Desk|first=TV News|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bandier is Jewish. He has been married twice. He met his first wife Denise LeFrak, daughter of housing developer Samuel LeFrak, during college at Syracuse.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |last1=Creswell |first1=Julie |title=Turning Music Into Dollars at Sony/ATV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23marty.html |access-date=27 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=22 August 2009}}</ref> They had two children before divorcing: Allison Bandier Koffman<!-- who married Jeffrey Koffman in a Jewish ceremony at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan;--> and Jenifer Lee Bandier<!-- who married W.J. Diggins III in a Jewish ceremony at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan-->.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/style/weddings-allison-bandier-and-jeffrey-koffman.html New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Allison Bandier and Jeffrey Koffman"] April 9, 1995</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/17/style/weddings-jennifer-bandier-wj-diggins-3d.html New York Times: "WEDDINGS;Jennifer Bandier, W.J. Diggins 3d] March 17, 1996</ref>
His second wife is Dorothy Harris. They have one son: Max Harris Bandier.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zuckerman |first1=Joshua |title=Alexandra McDonough, Max Bandier |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/fashion/weddings/alexandra-mcdonough-max-bandier.html |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 June 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/PressMention/Display/9666 Palm Beach Daily News: "Sony/ATV CEO Martin Bandier pays $3.3 million of Il Logano Condo] by Augustus Mayhew, November 3, 2009</ref> The couple are members of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Florida.<ref>[http://jewishpalmbeach.org/news/links/2012_honor_roll_flatr.pdf Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County: "2012 Honor Roll] retrieved October 18, 2014</ref>
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