Billboard 40 Under 40 Power Players

This is a fascinating article! Each year nominations are submitted to billboard for 40 music industry executives under 40. Without these accomplished individuals, music would be be selling and A&R departments would be be scouting fresh new talent.

In no particular order, from billboard.com (http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7989300/40-under-40-music-industry-power-players-2017-full-list), here is the 2017 list:

SARA WINTER-BANKS, 33
Senior vp/head of pop and alternative marketing, Messina Touring Group

BEN ADELSON, 32
Senior vp A&R, Republic Records

JORDAN BLAUGRUND, 35
Senior vp sales, RCA Records

TOMMY BRUCE, 30
Manager, Full Stop Management

LATRICE BURNETTE, 34
Senior vp marketing, Epic Records

JOSE CEDEÑO, 36
Senior vp growth and innovation, Sony Music U.S. Latin

ZIGGY CHARETON, 28
Director of A&R, Island Records

MIKE CHESTER, 38
Senior vp marketing and promotion, SB Projects

ERNEST "TUO" CLARK, 37
Senior vp A&R, Def Jam Recordings

BOBBY CORY, 33
Agent, Creative Artists Agency

MANNY DION, 37
President, SAL&CO

ALEJANDRO DUQUE, 34
GM, Universal Music Latino/Machete Music/Capitol Latin

MARIA EGAN, 39
President/head of creative, Pulse Music Group

JACOB FAIN, 34
VP A&R/head of research and analytics, Sony/ATV Music Publishing

KRISTEN FRASER, 34
Music marketing, Beats By Dr. Dre

MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, 38
VP sports and entertainment, Madison Square Garden Company

ZEINA GRENIER, 37
VP business and legal affairs, Universal Music Publishing Group

DIONNEE HARPER, 39 // MARSHA ST. HUBERT, 39
Senior VPs urban marketing, Atlantic Records

BEN HARVEY, 38
Program director, SiriusXM Chill/SiriusXM Pop2k; host, SiriusXM BPM

JEFFREY HASSON, 34
Agent, Paradigm

LÁZARO HERNANDEZ, 35
Senior director of A&R, U.S. Latin/-Latin America; Warner/Chappell Music

JUSTIN KALIFOWITZ, 36
CEO, Downtown Music Publishing

LEE L'HEUREUX, 36
Senior VP/head of rhythm, urban and hip-hop promotion and strategy, Warner Bros. Records

MATT LAMOTTE, 39
Senior VP/head of rock and pop marketing and artist development, Interscope Geffen A&M

ALLISON MACCIO, 38
Vice president, Live Nation Media and sponsorship

CHERYL PAGLIERANI, 33
Agent, United Talent Agency

ADAM PARNESS, 39
Head of publisher licensing and relations, Pandora Media

JARED PAUL, 39
Founder/CEO, Faculty Management/Faculty Productions

JAKE UDELL, 28
Founder, TH3RD BRAIN

NICK PETROPOULOS, 38
Head of promotion, Glassnote Records

YVES C. PIERRE, 39
Music agent, ICM

ARJUN PULIJAL, 33
VP marketing, Capitol Music Group

JEFF REGUILON, 37
Manager of music programming and curation, Amazon Music

DAVE ROCCO, 33
Global head of artist marketing, Spotify

JAMES RUBIN, 38
Agent, WME

RYAN RUDEN, 39
VP touring and events, Columbia Records

VICENTE SAAVEDRA, 34
Founder, Dímelo Vi; manager, Ozuna

COURTNEY "COURT" STEWART, 34
Manager/producer, Right Hand Music Group

MAT VLASIC, 38
CEO, Bravado