Michael rapino biography
Michael rapino biography
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Michael Rapino
Canadian-American business executive
Michael Rapino (born 1965) is a Canadian-American businessman and the CEO and president of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc, which was formed in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
In the late 1990s, Rapino co-founded Core Audience Entertainment, a concert promoting company, and later held several roles at Clear Channel Entertainment. He was named CEO of Live Nation in 2005.
Early life and education
Michael Rapino was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, [1] to a Catholic-Italian family[2] and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Lakehead University in 1989.[3] While attending Lakehead, Rapino promoted bands at local bars and signed his first artist, Jeff Healey.[4]
Career
While at Lakehead, Rapino landed a job as a beer rep for Labatt Breweries and started promoting bands at local bars,[5] arranging a weekly ad in The Argus