Suzette Quintanilla

Suzette Michele Quintanilla-Arriaga is an American business executive who is the chief executive officer of Q-Productions. Quintanilla began her musical career as the drummer for Selena y Los Dinos, a Tejano band with her elder brother, A.B. Quintanilla, on bass guitar and her younger sister, Selena, as lead vocalist. In 1989, the group secured a recording contract with EMI Latin. After a series of critically-praised and commercially-successful albums, Selena crossed over into the English-language pop market. She was murdered on March 31, 1995; Suzette retired from performing and focused on safeguarding Selena's image with her family. Quintanilla oversaw operations at the Selena Etc. boutiques and expanding the brand in department stores before the boutiques closed in 2009.