Billboard’s 2013 40 Under 40: Full List Revealed!

The decision in 2012 to expand our long-running Power Players special feature 30 Under 30 with a revised age criteria has allowed us to highlight the achievements of a greater number of established executives who, nonetheless, are still at a relatively early stage in their careers.

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The change had another result; a surge in reader nominations when the call when out this spring on billboard.biz. With the added exposure of this project on Twitter, we received well over 400 reader suggestions for execs to recognize.

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Billboard editors then set about reviewing those nominations in detail, a process lasting several weeks. From those nominations, we chose the executives for the 40 slots on this list. As always, we recognize that we could easily print a list of scores of accomplished young executives in our industry. But this year’s selection represents the collective judgment of Billboard’s editors.

We congratulate all those nominated for this year’s 40 Under 40 list, a promising sign of the depth of young executive talent in the music business. – Thom Duffy

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For the next four business days (Friday, July 26 through Wed., July 31), Billboard.biz will each day reveal the names and write-ups of ten honorees, which you can read in full by clicking on the individual below. The list is unranked and presented alphabetically.

Billboard subscribers, of course, already have this information in-hand, which you can too by clicking here for your own subscription. You can also order this special issue of Billboard at the new Billboard Shop.

MARCIE ALLEN MAC PRESENTS	AARON BAY-SCHUCK ATLANTIC RECORDS	EVAN BOGART BOARDWALK ENT. GROUP/ M2V ENT.
SCOOTER BRAUN SCHOOL BOY RECORDS/SB PROJECTS	JAY BROWN ROC NATION	CORTEZ BRYANT & GEE ROBERSON BLUEPRINT GROUP
RIO CARAEFF VEVO	MIKE CAREN WARNER MUSIC GROUP	BRADFORD COBB DIRECT MANAGEMENT GROUP
JONATHAN COHEN “LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON”	BRANDON CREED THE CREED CO.	ALEX DA KIDD KIDINAKORNER
DANIEL EK SPOTIFY	MIKE FLYNN CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP	MATT GALLE ISLAND DEF JAM; PHOTO FINISH; PARADIGM
LUKASZ “DR. LUKE” GOTTWALD KEMOSABE RECORDS	PETER GRAY WARNER BROS. RECORDS	BENJY GRINBERG ROSTRUM RECORDS
ETHIOPIA HABTEMARIAM UMG PUBLISHING; MOTOWN RECORDS	RYAN HARLACHER & LAURA HUTFLESS CAA	NATHAN HUBBARD TICKETMASTER
TODD JACOBS & SARA NEWKIRK SIMON WME	JOHN JANICK INTERSCOPE	ALEXANDER LJUNG SOUNDCLOUD
RICHARD LOM SBS ENT	JONATHAN MAYERS SUPERFLY PRESENTS	ROBB MCDANIELS INGROOVES
RYAN MCELRATH LIVE NATION	RICK MUELLER AEG LIVE / GOLDENVOICE	RON PERRY SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING
JULIE PILAT FORMERLY CLEAR CHANNEL, KISS (102.7), L.A.	BENJI ROGERS PLEDGEMUSIC	AARON ROSENBERG MYMAN GREENSPAN
BOZOMA SAINT JOHN PEPSI	RYAN SEACREST RYAN SEACREST PRODUCTIONS, SEACREST GLOBAL GROUP	NIR SEROUSSI SONY MUSIC U.S. LATIN
EMANUEL SEUGE COCA-COLA	ANNE STANCHFIELD TARGET	TIFANIE VAN LAAR-FREVER WALMART
BEN VAUGHN WARNER/CHAPPELL