Clive Calder
$6.9B
Born
Dec 13, 1946
Age
79
Source of Wealth
Record label
Residence
Grand Cayman,
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
- Clive Calder became a billionaire in 2002, when he sold his music company Zomba Group to German mass media corporation Bertlesmann for $2.7 billion.
- The crown jewel of his empire was Jive Records, the record label behind many of the first commercially successful hip hop artists.
- The South Africa native founded Zomba in London in 1975, then opened an office in New York City in 1978.
- Known for shunning the spotlight, Calder now lives in the Cayman Islands with his wife.
- He frequently travels to parts of Africa for charity, and his ELMA Philanthropies works on improving childhood education and health on the continent.
- A native of Johannesburg, Calder started out playing in a band at age 18 to support his mother and sister after his father's death.
- Calder signed acts like Billy Ocean, Will Smith, R. Kelly, N' Sync (and later, Justin Timberlake), Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears.
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