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Billboard Magazine have named Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman & CEO Jody Gerson their Executive of the Decade.

In the Billboard cover story she discusses AI, diversity in the music business and becoming one of the most influential executives in entertainment. 

Billboard writes: “It’s been a decade since Gerson took the helm of the publishing business at the world’s biggest record company. Since then, she’s reigned not just as the most powerful woman in the music industry but as one of the most influential executives in entertainment, approximately tripling her company’s publishing revenue and championing songwriters and the value of music at every opportunity -  and waking up before dawn each morning to feed her three dogs and practice Pilates before arriving at the office 'excited, hoping that I’m going to hear something that I love and that I can contribute in some way to someone’s life. I still have the responsibility of that.'

In the process, Gerson has showed the business how to be a leader at a global music giant with grace, integrity, selflessness and the utmost respect for her songwriters as well as her staff, while still always speaking her mind and using her role as 'a platform', and building strategic bridges with influential leaders beyond the music industry who can affect music’s value.”

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