Thomas Hesse is President of Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....

's Global Digital Business, US Sales, and Corporate Strategy. He reports to Doug Morris

Doug Morris

Doug Morris is an American music executive. He is the current Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group from 1995 to 2011.-Life and career:...

, Chief Executive Officer

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 for Sony

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 Music Entertainment. He is based in New York City

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Hesse holds a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 and MA

Master's degree

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 from Oxford University, an MSc

MSC

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 from the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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 and a Doctorate

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 in Corporate Finance from the University of St. Gallen

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. He studied as a concert pianist at the Mozarteum in Salzburg

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 and the Hochschule für Musik in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Hesse was appointed to the position of President in charge of Global Digital Business for the combined company upon the completion of the merger of Sony Music and BMG in 2004 (in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake and renamed the company from Sony BMG to Sony Music).