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Sylvia Rhone

1952–

United States

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Sylvia Rhone (born March 11, 1952) is an American record executive. A fifty-year veteran of the music industry, she is the first Black woman to chair a major record company imprint and the first Black woman to hold dual CEO and chair positions at a major label. Rhone served as the president of Epic Records from 2014 until 2019 and the label's chair and CEO from 2019 to 2025.

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