Sylvia Rhone an American record executive. A fifty-year veteran of the music industry, she is the first Black woman to chair a major record company imprint and the first Black woman to hold dual CEO and Chair positions at a major label.
Suzanne de Passe began her career at Motown Records as the Creative Assistant to Founder/Chairman, Berry Gordy, where she discovered The Jackson 5 and “The King of Pop” Michael Jackson, The Commodores featuring Lionel Richie, Rick James, Debarge, and other superstar Motown acts. She serves as the co-chairwoman of de Passe Jones Entertainment Group.
