# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lyor-cohen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:51:00.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lyor-cohen"
name: "Lyor Cohen"
slug: "lyor-cohen"
description: "Lyor Cohen is an American record executive. He serves as global head of music at YouTube. Cohen began his career in the 1980s working with Russell Simmons at Rush Artist Management and later became president of Def Jam Recordings. He subsequently held senior leadership roles at The Island Def Jam Music Group and Warner Music Group, and later founded the music company 300 Entertainment."
tagline: "American music industry executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyor_Cohen_Headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1959-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.45
  momentum:             15.9519934906428
  historical:           6.375613333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169567/"
    handle:    "nm0169567"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/60abf2dc-bc71-4abd-96f9-fa364ab04492"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ليور كوهين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ليور كوهين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyor_Cohen"
    title: "Lyor Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%9F_(%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9_%D7%A2%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D)"
    title: "ליאור כהן (איש עסקים)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyor_Cohen"
    title: "Lyor Cohen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10321870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1987113"
    title: "Lyor Cohen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump