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Allen Klein

1931 - 2009

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Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated. Klein increased profits for his musician clients by negotiating new record company contracts. He first scored monetary and contractual gains for Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen, one-hit rockabillies of the late 1950s, then parlayed his early successes into a position managing Sam Cooke, and eventually managed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones simultaneously, along with many other artists, becoming one of the most powerful individuals in the music industry during his era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Klein is the 407th most popular businessperson (down from 358th in 2019), the 5,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,128th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Allen Klein ranks 407 out of 847. Before him are Roy E. Disney, John Cockerill, Elisabeth Abegg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Gerard Philips, and Christophe de Margerie. After him are Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, Nino Cerruti, John Elkann, Emil Rathenau, and Reed Hastings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Allen Klein ranks 258. Before him are Richard Ratsimandrava, Hana Brady, David Wilkerson, David Cooper, Dino da Costa, and Mickey Mantle. After him are Bob Anderson, Duško Gojković, Nílton de Sordi, Vance D. Brand, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, and Tab Hunter. Among people deceased in 2009, Allen Klein ranks 172. Before him are Lyudmila Zykina, Lis Hartel, Gene Barry, Roy E. Disney, František Veselý, and Robert Holdstock. After him are Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Ekaterina Maximova, Marilyn French, Hildegard Behrens, Pio Laghi, and Mike Bongiorno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Klein ranks 5,111 out of 20,380. Before him are James R. Schlesinger (1929), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Alexander Acosta (1969), Ona Zee (1951), Ron McGovney (1962), and Philip Bailey (1951). After him are Jennifer Capriati (1976), Patsy Cline (1932), Lois Lowry (1937), Fats Waller (1904), Tommy Godwin (1920), and Edward Lindberg (1886).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Allen Klein ranks 128. Before him are Sylvia Beach (1887), Robert Mercer (1946), Howard Schultz (1953), Peter Lynch (1944), Edwin Drake (1819), and Roy E. Disney (1930). After him are Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), and Jim Walton (1948).

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