A music producer and executive.
John Janick formed the J4 Records, Inc. label with his friends Clint Conway, Dave Ogilvie, Josh Coppie, & Carlo Tiseo in college, releasing the Jolt: America’s Most Powerful Compilation CD. In 1996, Janick co-founded, with
Vinnie Fiorello, Fueled by Ramen, a rock label based in Florida, which was acquired by the Warner Music Group in 1999.
From 2009 to 2012, Janick was hired by Atlantic co-chairpeople
Craig Kallman and
Julie Greenwald to become co-president of the now-defunct Elektra Records.
In 2014, after
Jimmy Iovine’s dismissal from Interscope Records, Janick left Fueled by Ramen and became chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records.