a veteran music executive whose career spanned four decades before he became a top executive

was posted on social media his son Brian, showrunner of “Billions,” and daughter Jenny Koppelman

cause of death was given, but Brian wrote, “He spent his last days surrounded by

no overstatement to say that Koppelman was one of the most formidable industry executives of

of his decades in the music business, Koppelman worked with everyone from Barbra Streisand

his post at the helm of EMI in 1997, he worked with Steve Madden and Martha

2011, where he has scored branding deals for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony with Kohl’s, 

he joined what was then CBS’s music division in a role that spanned both records

director of A&R for Davis’ Columbia Records, he signed or worked closely with

eventually merged with EMI, with Koppelman taking on the CEO role and bringing in Prince’