Nationality American Occupation Businessman | Name Alan Meltzer | |
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Died October 31, 2011, Upper East Side, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Kogod School of Business Alan Meltzer Speaker Series Interviews
Alan Meltzer (1944 – October 31, 2011) was an American businessman and poker player who founded Wind-up Records along with his ex-wife Diana Meltzer.
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- Kogod School of Business Alan Meltzer Speaker Series Interviews
- Alan Meltzer
- Record company
- Poker
- Death
- References
Alan Meltzer
Record company
Meltzer owned Titus Oaks Records, four record stores in New York and Connecticut, that expanded into one of the largest wholesale distributors CD One Stop of CDs in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1997, he purchased Grass Records with his wife Diana Meltzer and started Wind-up Records. This record label was credited with the success of Creed, Seether, Finger Eleven, and Evanescence.
Poker
Meltzer was a poker enthusiast who made multiple appearances on televised poker shows including on GSN's High Stakes Poker and Full Tilt Poker's Poker After Dark.
Death
Meltzer died on October 31, 2011 and left a $1.5 million inheritance to his doorman and driver.
