Jimmy Iovine (Producer) – Overview, Biography

Name:Jimmy Iovine
Occupation: Producer
Gender:Male
Height:165 cm (5′ 5”)
Birth Day: March 11,
1953
Age: 67
Birth Place:  Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Aries

Jimmy Iovine

Jimmy Iovine was born on March 11, 1953 in  Brooklyn, New York, United States (67 years old). Jimmy Iovine is a Producer, zodiac sign: Aries. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: $1 Billion. With the net worth of $1 Billion, Jimmy Iovine is the #1209 richest person on earth all the time in our database.

Net Worth 2020

$1 Billion
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Family Members

#NameRelationshipNet WorthSalaryAgeOccupation
#1Jessica Iovine Children N/A N/A N/A
#2Jeremy Iovine Children N/A N/A N/A
#3James Iovine Children N/A N/A N/A
#4Jade Iovine Children N/A N/A N/A
#5Vicki Iovine Spouse N/A N/A N/A
#6Liberty Ross Spouse N/A N/A N/A

Physique

HeightWeightHair ColourEye ColourBlood TypeTattoo(s)
165 cm (5′ 5”) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Biography

Biography Timeline

1977

Iovine served as sound engineer for the Voyager Golden Records, a pair of phonograph records which were launched aboard the Voyager space probes in 1977.

1978

In the early 1970s, Iovine became a recording engineer, working with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, among others. By 1973, Iovine was on staff at the New York studio the Record Plant, where he worked on Springsteen’s Born to Run and Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell albums. He came to prominence via his work on the 1978 Patti Smith album Easter, which included her Top 40 hit “Because the Night”. He teamed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Damn the Torpedoes and U2 on Rattle and Hum. Iovine also produced Bella Donna (the first solo album for Stevie Nicks), Making Movies for Dire Straits, and Get Close for The Pretenders.

1984

Iovine was also responsible for supervising the music used in the 1984 romance film Sixteen Candles and the 1988 comedy film Scrooged.

1985

James Iovine was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Italian working-class family. His mother was a secretary and his father, Vincent “Jimmy” Iovine, worked on the docks as a longshoreman. His father’s death and his love for Christmas inspired Jimmy to record A Very Special Christmas in 1985. Iovine attended Catholic school in Brooklyn, graduating from the since-closed Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School and went on to attend New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At 19, he was a college dropout. He was introduced to music production after he met a songwriter who got him a job cleaning a recording studio, and he soon began working as a studio professional. Since the start of his career, Iovine has been involved in the production of more than 250 albums.

1990

In 1990, Iovine co-founded Interscope Records, which became Interscope Geffen A&M after a merger in 1999.

1991

Iovine signed Tupac Shakur to a recording contract as one of the first hip-hop acts on the Interscope label in 1991.

2002

In 2002, Iovine co-produced the Academy Award-winning Eminem movie, 8 Mile, which opened at #1 at the box office and went on to gross more than $240 million worldwide. Additionally, Iovine executive produced the 2009 LeBron James documentary More than a Game and 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’.

2005

In 2005, Iovine made a guest appearance as himself on “Don’t Make Me Over”, an episode of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy.

2008

In 2008, Iovine teamed up with Dr. Dre to co-found Beats By Dr. Dre, a headphones brand. The company had captured 20 percent market share of the headphones industry by 2012.

2011

From 2011 to 2013, Iovine was a mentor on Fox’s American Idol. Iovine’s protégés—Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, and Candice Glover—release their music through Interscope. Iovine stopped working with the show in mid-2013.

In 2011, Iovine was honored by The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Grammy Awards. “This year we pay tribute to an industry leader, Jimmy Iovine, who has made an indelible impact as a recording engineer, producer, founder of Interscope Records, and now, entrepreneur focused on audio quality,” Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the governing body of the Grammy Awards, said in presenting the award.

2013

In January 2013, Iovine announced the expansion of the Beats brand into the online digital music world with Daisy, a new service slated to launch in late 2013. Former Topspin Media executive Ian Rogers and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor were said to be involved.

In May 2013, Iovine and Dr. Dre donated $70 million to the University of Southern California to create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. The first class of the Academy began in September 2014 with 31 students.

On May 17, 2013, Iovine received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the University of Southern California and gave the 2013 USC commencement address.

2014

On May 28, 2014, Apple Inc. announced the acquisition of Beats Electronics. Iovine was hired to assume an undisclosed position at Apple where he helped in the creation of Apple Music.

2017

In July 2017, HBO ran a four-part documentary about Jimmy Iovine’s relationship with Dr. Dre and other musicians titled The Defiant Ones.

🎂 Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Jimmy Iovine is 68 years, 7 months and 14 days old. Jimmy Iovine will celebrate 69th birthday on a Friday 11th of March 2022.

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