Don Jazzy will always be a sharp business man whose empire will continue to expand. The young man behind Mavin Records took off to the Island of Mauritius few days ago and there were insinuations that he went to while away time with his Personal Assistant, as pictures he posted on Instagram seemed to suggest.
But we now know that the former Mo’Hits Records head-honcho went there on very serious business matter, as he was spotted in a tete-a-tete with billionaire Ralph Simon.
According to wikipedia.com, Simon co-founded the independent Zomba Group of Music Companies (now a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) with Clive Calder in the 1970s. In the mid-90s, he was Executive Vice President of Capitol Records and Blue Note Records in Hollywood and started EMI Music’s global New Media division. He started Yourmobile (later renamed Moviso), the first ring tone company in the Americas, Europe, UK, Australia and Africa, in 1997.
In 1998, Simon predicted that, “Mobile phones would become the indispensable voice/social networking and music companion for consumers and their increasing mobile lifestyles.” He worked on convincing United States music publishers to grant the very first ring tone rights. This resulted in the dubbing of Simon as “The Father of the Ring Tone.” He is also Lady Gaga’s major promoter.
So are we looking in the direction of business collaboration soon? Only time will tell.
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