Jimmy Iovine

While best known now as the co-owner of Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics and the co-founder of Interscope Records, the label behind the triumphs of Dre, 2Pac, Eminem, 50 Cent, et. al., Iovine had a successful career long before Em ever thought to make fun of him

He began as a recording engineer and mixer in the 1970’s, working on such records as Born to Run and John Lennon’s Walls and Bridges

He parlayed that into a career as a producer, working on seminal albums like Tom Petty’s Damn the Torpedoes, Patti Smith’s Easter, U2’s Rattle and Hum, and plenty more. He established Interscope in 1990 (thanks, Gerardo!), and has been one of the most powerful record executives in the business since