| Website | Shindigevents.com |
| Yale University, BA | 1980 |
| Harvard Law School, JD | 1984 |
Serial Entrepreneur and angel investor, Gottlieb is best known as the founder of TVT Records one of the largest and most successful independent record labels in US history. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released over 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi Platinum albums. Gottlieb discovered and spearheaded the careers of such artists as Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Pitbull, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and KMFDM among many others. Significant releases on the label also included the Televisions Greatest Hits series, Snoop Dogg and Tha Eastsidaz, XTC, Ambulance LTD, Guided by Voices, Modern English, Jusk Jack, Default, The Connells, Underworld, Gil Scott Heron, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes and a large number of well known movie and TV soundtracks.
Gottlieb has been recognized as a pioneer in digital exploitation of music. He appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Digital Music Rights and has been a pioneering deal maker providing hit content to many music startups initially denied access to music from the Majors. Under Gottlieb’s leadership TVT was the first label to make its repitoire freely available for download in 2000. TVT was also the first label to settle with Napster and authorize their distribution of TVT copyrights. TVT was one of the first labels to authorize subscription services Rhapsody, emusic and others.
Gottlieb was a founding member of A2IM the association of American Independent labels.
Gottlieb served on the Board of Directors of MusicMatch. Gottlieb has invested and advised many companies over the years and is currently an investor and advisor to Tune Up Media.
Gottlieb’s most recent startup Shindig has developed technology for next generation web interaction. Everyone hate video chat Shindig had figured out why. Its new technology enables a new platform for games, socializing and more.
