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How producer Jimmy Iovine went from music hits to billion-dollar businessman

How Jimmy Iovine made big bucks from all kinds of beats
Born in Brooklyn
Work woes
Last chance at the Record Plant
Big break at last
Working with The Boss
First hit single with Patti Smith
LA move
Making it big with U2
Tired of producing records
Interscope Records
Signs Dr Dre, Suge Knight and Death Row Records
Changing the record industry
Genre-busting label
Gangster rap controversy
Time Warner bails on Interscope
Eminem is signed
Interscope merges with Geffen
A new business idea
Beats brand
HTC buys 50% share
Huge market share
Beats valued at a billion
Beats sold to Apple
A new job at Apple
Stepping back from Apple
Iovine's rules for success
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How Jimmy Iovine made big bucks from all kinds of beats

Jimmy Iovine has been one of the most influential people in the music industry over the past 35 years, not just in terms of the records he's produced but the products he's helped invent. Find out how he went from Brooklyn beginnings to billionaire.

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Alan Wass

07 March 2019

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