Universal Music Group CEO and Chairman Lucian Grainge is the latest public figure to test positive for coronavirus.
Per Variety, the power player is currently being hospitalized in Los Angeles’ UCLA Medical Center just two weeks after hosting his 60th birthday party which hosted a number names that include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue, and music manager Irving Azf.
The news arrives after Universal shut down its Santa headquarters after an then-unidentified employee tested positive for the virus.
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“Previously, we have committed that if there were to be a confirmed case coronavirus infection in any our fices, we would immediately close that location. We have just been informed that there is a confirmed case infection in an employee based in our 2220 Colorado Avenue fices,” read a memo, per Variety. “Accordingly and out an abundance caution, we are immediately closing all our Santa Monica fices, and all Santa Monica staff are required to work from home until further notice.”
Grainge, who has been with the company for 35 years was appointed CEO/chairman in 2011. Since then, he’s led the company that houses flagship subsidiaries such as Capitol Records, Def Jam, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island, and Republic while also leading the mega-merger that found UMG acquiring EMI, bringing the once-Big Four down to the Big Three (UMG, Sony, Warner) the recording industry.