Sylvia Rhone

Sylvia Rhone has been appointed president of Epic Records. The appointment comes a year after Rhone launched Vested in Culture (VIC), her joint venture with Epic. VIC will remain an imprint of the label. Rhone served as president of Universal Motown Records before joining Epic in 2013. Before Motown, the legendary industry executive was chairman/CEO of Elektra Entertainment Group. Her VIC roster includes electronic soul duo Quadron, Latin pop artist Kat Dahlia and rapper Casey Veggies. Ms. Rhone clawed her way up through the music biz, starting out as a lowly secretary at Buddha Records, and has since been associated with names like Atlantic, Motown and Cash Money—something Ms. Rhone apparently takes very seriously. Despite her black music bonafides, Ms. Rhone started out working in a different cash money-related field—high finance—earning her bachelor’s degree from Wharton in economics and then landing a job at Bankers Trust.