Warner Music Group Corp. — Company profile
Communication Services · Entertainment · United States
Last price 30.47 USD (Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 15.94B
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Company profile
Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The company is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials. It also owns and acquires rights to approximately two million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions, as well as administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. In addition, the company conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Sire, Spinnin’ Records, and Warner Classics and Warner Records Nashville. Further, it markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as retail outlets, online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. Its catalog includes songwriters and composers; and various genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, alternative, blues, gospel, and other Christian music. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Details
| Name | Warner Music Group Corp. |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Employees | 5500 |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Ipo Date | 2020-06-03 |
| Ceo | Robert Kyncl |
| Country | United States |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Fiscal Year | October - September |
| Reporting Currency | USD |
| Ipo Price | 25.00 |
| Isin | US9345502036 |
| Cusip | 934550203 |
| Cik | 1319161 |
| Sic | 7900 |
| Stock Type | Common Stock |
| Share Class | Class A Shares |
Key executives
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Guy Moot | Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Chappell Music |
| Robert Kyncl | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| Valentin Blavatnik | Managing Director of Warner Recorded Music, North America and UK and Corporate Deve. and Director |
| Carletta Higginson | Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer |
| Louis Dickler | Acting Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
| Tom Corson | Chief Operating Officer |
| Leho Nigul | Chief Technology Officer |
| Kareem Chin | Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations |
| Paul Martin Robinson Esq., J.D. | Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
| Trent N. Tappe Esq. | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
Contact
| Address | 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, United States |
| Phone | 212 275 2000 |
| Website | https://www.wmg.com |