Davis married the first time in 1956 to Helen Cohen; the couple was divorced in 1965. It then to Janet Adelberg in 1965, but they separated in 1985. Davis has total four children, he has two sons, Fred and Lauren from his first wife and two more, Mitchell and Doug from his second.
His bisexuality was not secret among his acquaintances but it was officially announced in 2013, in the autobiography “The Soundtrack of My Life.”
Clive Davis’s Net Worth?
Clive Davis an American record producer and a music industry mogul has a net worth of $850 million. According to the information presented above Clive Davis was at the helm of such companies as Columbia Records, Arista Records and J Records.
During his 30-year career in the music business he discovered the stars such as Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Sly & the Family Stone. Also, it is claimed that Davis contributed to the discovery of Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow.
Other awards that have ever come to Clive Davis include five Grammy awards while he is also a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a non-performing capacity.
Early Life
Clive Davis was born on April 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York City. He grew up in the Crown Heights neighborhood. It is stated that during the stage of teenage, Davis has been faced with the double misfortune of being orphaned for a space of two years.
He later lived with his married sister in a house in queens. To advance his learning, he proceeded to New York University and was awarded a B.A degree in political science, magna cum laude, in 1953. After high school, Davis pursued his law education at the Harvard Law School on scholarship and he was awarded his degree in 1956.
Career
On his graduation in Harvard Law, Davis went to work at a small firm in New York. After two years working at Caplin and B poster, he joined the firm of Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek & Freund. Of interest, partner Ralph Colin had CBS as a client, which resulted in Davis getting a job as an assistant counsel to the CBS affiliate, Columbia Records.
At some point he promoted to the level of general counsel. While general counsel of Columbia Records, Davis experienced a reorganization in the company. Columbia soon responded to Davis, in 1965, by promoting him to the position of administrative vice president & general manager.
The year after that, CBS created the Columbia-CBS Group that birthed the new music operations called CBS Records. Davis that became the head of that new unit, that within a year was become a president. Wishing to capitalize on the first generation of rock and folk-rock artists he signed British singer-songwriter musician Donovan at the very start.
There is also mention of Davis hiring singer, Tony Orlando, to be undertaker president as Columbia’s music publishing affiliate, April-Blackwood Music. Subsequently, he became vice PT of CBS Music.
