CAROLINE BIENSTOCK - Chief Operating Officer (NYC)

Since 1989, when CAROLINE BIENSTOCK began as Chief Operating Officer of Carlin America, Inc., the company her father, music publishing titan and Carlin Chairman Freddy Bienstock named for her, she has continued to be regarded as among the most respected, astute and dynamic executives in the music industry.

(“From earliest memories, music was a predominant part of my childhood and the years after.  My parents were important industry figures who began the Atlantic label at that magical time of hit records by The Drifters, Clyde McPhatter, Ruth Brown and Ray Charles among so many others.  I grew up listening to all these musical giants on my stereo system and meeting them at concerts and when they were guests in my home.”)

A New York City native whose mother Miriam was a co-founder of Atlantic Records, Caroline graduated cum laude from Yale College in 1979 before earning her JD at Boston University School of Law four years later and becoming an associate at the New York office of the prestigious Chicago law firm Seyfarth Shaw Fairweather & Geraldson.  After acquiring an MBA from the Wharton School in 1987, Caroline joined the Private Client Services division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the two years before being named to her current position at Carlin America.

(“It was so interesting and exciting to suddenly go from the sedate world of corporate finance and law to the opposite environment of the music business - at that time an industry only just beginning its transformation to be a major player in a new and uncharted technological era and age.”)
 
In her present post, Caroline's main areas of concentration include the Carlin operation in Nashville, the organization-wide expansion into film music acquisitions and licensing, catalog growth and administration, and the newly-activated Carlin Music Publishing Canada Inc. subsidiary.  Additionally, Caroline is the current Executive Director of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), on the Board of Directors of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) as well as the Board of the Advisory Panel for the BMI Foundation, and a Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the Copyright Society and the Entertainment and Sports Law section of the New York State Bar Association.
 
(“Since our industry continues to rapidly evolve at a time when technology as rapidly evolves and alters every economic, social, legal and artistic guideline we have gotten used to, the primary challenge for everyone in the music business is to keep ahead of the curve and, in fact, to keep redefining that curve.  At Carlin America we share the twin philosophies of respecting tradition and embracing innovation, and I am very proud that our team of superb music professionals is so highly regarded in our industry while continuing to create even larger profits and growth for our company.”)