BERRY GORDY

Berry Gordy

• Motown Record Corporation
• Produces music
• Made 345 million dollars
• Started the business with 800 dollars

HISTORY

• Founded on January 12, 1959 in Detroit
• Relocated to LA in 1972
• Sold to MCA Records in 1988 and then to Universal Music Group in 1999
• Artists include Marvin Gaye, the Funk Brothers, the Miracles

Bio

• Born November 28, 1929 in Detroit
• Dropped out of high school to box
• Fought in the Korean War
• Married in 1953, divorced 3 times and had 8 kids
• Started Motown Records in 1959
• Sold the label for 61 million dollars in 1988

The Businesses

• Introduced a new age of soul music as well as providing inspiration for African Americans
• Produced 79 records in the Top Ten in the first ten years
• Create jobs for singers, songwriters, and businessmen

Entrepreneur

• Improved an existing idea
• A new way to produce items
• Provided a new way to sell items

Now And The Future

• Currently has eight children
• Started two non-profit organizations
• The business has branched out into all other music genres
• He's a vegan

Awards

• Gordy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988
• Gordy was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1998
• Gordy received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award on June 13, 2013