Craig Kallman

Born in 1965 in Manhattan, New York.

In 1981, his music career started as DJ in the Cat Club (New York, NY, USA) and a job at the dance department of [l=Columbia Records]. He did promotion work for several artists like the [a=Beastie Boys], [a=Sinéad O'Connor], [a=New Order] and [a=Joy Division], to name a few. He also got a music program at radio WBRU-FM.

In 1987, he started his own independent label [l=Big Beat]. He joined [l=Atlantic Records] in 1991 when Big Beat was acquired by Atlantic. He finally transitioned to co-president of Atlantic Records. In March 2004, when Atlantic Records and [l=Elektra Records] merged, he became the co-chairman/COO of Atlantic Records Group.