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Elektra Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (786 words) |
 | Elektra was formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. |
| Elektra was acquired by Kinney National Company in 1970, along with the Nonesuch Records subsidiary, for $10 million. |
| Bob Krasnow became president and CEO of Elektra in 1983, and under his leadership the label continued to thrive. |
| Sylvia Rhone (546 words) |
| During her first year at EEG she was enormously successful at consolidating the three companies that became the Elektra Entertainment Group. |
| Ms Rhone guided the delicate merger of Elektra, EastWest, (of which she was formerly CEO) and Sire Records into the Warner Music Group's premiere boutique label. |
| Ms Rhone is active in a number of community based organizations and took the lead role in the entertainment industry in 1996 in organizing a fund raising benefit for the National Council of Churches Burned Churches Fund, which raised funds to rebuild churches destroyed by fire. |
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