Clive Calder

Clive Ian Calder is a South African-born British billionaire record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records.

• Clive Calder became a billionaire in 2002, when he sold his music company Zomba Group to German mass media corporation Bertlesmann for $2.7 billion.
• The crown jewel of his empire was Jive Records, the record label behind many of the first commercially successful hip hop artists.
• The South Africa native founded Zomba in London in 1975, then opened an office in New York City in 1978.
• Known for shunning the spotlight, Calder now lives in the Cayman Islands with his wife.
• He frequently travels to parts of Africa for charity, and his ELMA Philanthropies works on improving childhood education and health on the continent.