Scott Borchetta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Scott Borchetta
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jul 3, 1962(1962-07-03)
Age	62
Birthplace	Burbank
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Cancer

Scott Borchetta Biography

Scott Borchetta is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 3, 1962 in Burbank, California, United States. Entrepreneur from California, who is the CEO, President, and founder of Big Machine Records. He was famously the first to discover country star California-born entrepreneur known as the founder, President and CEO of Big Machine Records. He famously discovered country-pop superstar Taylor Swift, who was the first artist signed to Big Machine., who was the first artist to be signed with Big Machine.

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Borchetta was born in Burbank, California to parents Shari and Mike Borchetta. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. His father, Mike Borchetta, worked in record promotions for several Los Angeles record labels, including Capitol Records, RCA Records and Mercury Records. In 1978, when Borchetta was 16, his father moved to Nashville to start his own independent record promotion company. He continued to develop his passion for the music industry through high school and college.

Interested in life beyond Los Angeles, Scott Borchetta began to pursue his love for music. After playing in several rock bands, he left California and moved to Nashville with his father. There, Borchetta played bass in a country band and spent his days working in his father’s mail room promoting country singles. After 8 months on the road, he left his band since they were not finding success. While working with his father, Borchetta learned a great deal about the music industry and how it operates, and used this knowledge to pursue jobs at record labels. In 1985, he got a job at MTM Records, where he stayed for three years. He then spent two years working as an independent promoter before working in promotion and artist development at several other record labels, including MCA Nashville Records, DreamWorks Nashville and Universal Music Nashville.

The father of his son, Mike employed as promotor for some of the most prestigious record labels such as Capitol Records and Mercury Records.

Scott Borchetta Net Worth

Scott Borchetta is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott Borchetta 's net worth $200 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a bassist in a country rock group.

He is a fervent race car driver. His enthusiasm for racing has inspired the name Big Machine Records.

Scott C. Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American record executive and entrepreneur best known for founding Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with 13 employees, as its president/CEO and today it encompasses four imprints: Big Machine Records, BMLG Records, The Valory Music Co. and Nash Icon Records. In 2015, he became the new in-house mentor on American Idol for the program’s 14th and 15th seasons.

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Who is Scott Borchetta Dating?

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On June 30, 2019, Ithaca Holdings, run by Scooter Braun, bought Big Machine Records, with Borchetta staying on as CEO. This transaction included the masters of Taylor Swift’s first six albums. Swift voiced her frustrations in a tumblr post, claiming to have been trying to buy the masters for years and described Braun as an “incessant, manipulative bully”. Swift also claimed Borchetta’s loyalty was only through contracts, and that he knew “exactly what he was doing” when making this deal with Ithaca Holdings. Swift expressed that these men were “controlling a woman who did not want to be associated with them”. The dispute escalated throughout the year, both parties claiming to be owed millions of dollars from the other. Swift accused Braun and Borchetta of holding her back from being able to perform her older songs during her American Music Awards for her Artist of the Decade award, as well as for her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. On the same day Swift posted on her Tumblr account, Borchetta went on Big Machine Records and posted his own statement. He claimed to have given Swift a heads up through text the night before. “Out of courtesy, I personally texted Taylor at 9:06pm, Saturday, June 29th to inform her prior to the story breaking on the morning of Sunday, June 30th so she could hear it directly from me.” He continued on to say “Taylor and I remained on very good terms when she told me she wanted to speak with other record companies and see what was out there for her. I never got in her way and wished her well.” He also mentioned she had the opportunity to own not just her recordings, but everything else. “Taylor had every chance in the world to own not just her master recordings, but every video, photograph, everything associated to her career. She chose to leave.”

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Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scott Borchetta celebrates birthday on July 3 of every year.

How did Scott Borchetta discover Taylor Swift?

Scott found Taylor when she performed at The Bluebird Cafe in 2004. At the time when he asked Taylor to join his record label, he had not yet made the label official yet. He asked for Taylor to trust him, and she did, which turned out to be a good choice.

Why did Taylor leave Big Machine?

Shortly after the acquisition news broke, the “Bad Blood” singer took to Tumblr to alert fans that she “had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past.” In her blog post, she claimed she “ learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world ” and called out the talent …

Does Scott Borchetta still own Big Machine Records?

On June 30, 2019, Ithaca Holdings, run by Scooter Braun, bought Big Machine Records , with Borchetta staying on as CEO.

Are Taylor Swift and Scott Borchetta still friends?

Dec. 11, 2020: Taylor Swift Opens Up About Losing Her Masters in Evermore. In her ninth album Evermore, Taylor seems to make more references to her broken relationship with Scott Borchetta after he sold her master to Scooter Braun.

Who found Taylor Swift?

At an industry showcase at Nashville’s The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta , a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor was one of the new label’s first signings.