Jason Flom

Jason Flom (born February 17, 1961) is an American music industry executive and current Chief Executive Officer of Lava Records. He has served, at times, as the Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and the Capitol Music Group. In 1995, he founded Lava Records. He is also a philanthropist who has supported and championed various political and social causes. He is the host of the podcast Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom.A feature in The New Yorker called Flom one of the most successful record men of the past 20 years, known for his specialty [in] delivering monsters.Flom is the son of corporate attorney Joseph Flom.As a teenager, Flom played guitar in rock bands in New York. He began his career at Atlantic Records as a field merchandiser, and moved into the A&R department under Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun. After signing rock artists including Twisted Sister, Saigon Kick, Skid Row, White Lion, Stone Temple Pilots and Tori Amos, Flom soon became Atlantics head of A&R, where he was mentored by Doug Morris.Floms leadership in A&R included breaking new artists such as Jewel, Hootie & the Blowfish and Collective Soul. In 1995 he founded his own label, Lava Records, in partnership with Atlantic Records.At Lava, Flom discovered and championed artists who went on to sell in excess of 100 million records around the world in the labels first nine years of existence. Lava artists have included Matchbox 20, Kid Rock, The Corrs, Uncle Kracker, Simple Plan, Vanessa L. Williams, The Blue Man Group, Edwin McCain, Sugar Ray and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.In 2003 Flom signed the then 14-year-old Hayley Williams and her hugely successful pop-rock band Paramore to Atlantic Records.In 2005 Flom sold Lava Records to Atlantic, and was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Atlantic Records Group.

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