Scott Borchetta
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Scott Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American businessman and record executive best known for founding Big Machine Label Group and for discovering singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. 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.
Before Big Machine, Borchetta was a race car driver and an executive at the Nashville divisions of DreamWorks Records and MCA Records as well as MTM Records.
Scott Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American businessman and record executive best known for founding Big Machine Label Group and for discovering singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. 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.
Before Big Machine, Borchetta was a race car driver and an executive at the Nashville divisions of DreamWorks Records and MCA Records as well as MTM Records.