Walter Yetnikoff
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Walter Yetnikoff is a former Columbia Records/CBS record-label mogul, famed for living la vida coca [sic] and generally living life to the full. He left his job in 1990 and has since re-shaped his life and gone on to write a highly entertaining set of memoirs under the title "Howling at the Moon" (published in 2004). He was a high-powered executive who moved in circles along with Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Clive Davis.
Yetnikoff was born in Brooklyn and attended Ivy league colleges and law school. He started working at the Rosenman & Colin law firm, which represented CBS Records. He then joined the CBS Records law department and rose to become head of the department. When Clive Davis left CBS, Walter was promoted to head CBS Records.
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