Legendary music executive Clive Davis will hold a one-on-one conversation with his son Fred Davis, partner at the Raine Group and one of the music industry’s top investment bankers, at the Amplify Music Investment Summit on May 8. The conference, which explores music as a global investment asset class, takes place in New York.
The conversation will mark Clive’s first appearance at a dedicated investment conference, as well as the first time he has been interviewed by Fred. The announcement builds on a program that already includes a keynote discussion among Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl, Warner Music Group Global Head of Strategy Lisa Yang, and CNBC anchor Jon Fortt, alongside discussions spanning streaming, content and distribution, global markets, IP valuation, and AI-driven innovation.
Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music Entertainment, said: “Few industries have reinvented themselves as many times as the music business has in my lifetime, and it has always come out on top. This has been thanks, above all, to one thing: great artists and great songs are among the most valuable things in the world. The investment community is now waking up to what those of us in music have always known, and I’m enormously proud to have seen Fred at the vanguard of that shift, driving greater investment in the industry and, by extension, greater opportunities for artists.”
Fred Davis, Partner, the Raine Group, said: “Across my career, I have watched the music industry undergo all sorts of upheavals in significantly transformative ways. The financial community is ever increasingly comfortable with the music industry – the returns are compelling and demonstrate the strength of the asset class. Because of the proven, long-standing value of music there exist many compelling opportunities for the investment community in music. I cannot think of anyone better suited than my father to help explain what makes music so valuable.”
Clive Davis’ five decade-plus career includes roles as president of Columbia Records, where he signed or worked closely with Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Aerosmith and Billy Joel; as founder of Arista Records, where he helped launch the careers of Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow and Patti Smith and guided Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick through career reinventions; and J Records and subsequently Sony Music Entertainment, where he signed or worked closely with Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson, among many others. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and established the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.
As a partner at the Raine Group since 2014, Fred Davis has advised on and invested in billions of dollars of music transactions, including the $170 million refinancing of SoundCloud, the $230 million sale of CD Baby’s digital operations to Downtown Music Holdings, and advisory roles on transactions involving Warner Music Group and Hybe. Before Raine, he co-founded Code Advisors, an early supporter of Spotify, Shazam and Supercell, and previously founded the entertainment law firm Davis Shapiro & Lewit. He also served as executive vice president at EMI Records.
The Amplify Music Investment Summit is a joint presentation of the MUSQ Global Music Industry ETF (NYSE: MUSQ) and the Mondo.NYC Conference, in partnership with Searchlight Capital Partners. The summit takes place on May 8, 2026 at Virgin Hotels New York City.
Other confirmed speakers include Josh Gruss, Founder and CEO of Round Hill Music; Natalia
Nastaskin, Partner and Chief Content Officer of Primary Wave Music; Steve Salm, Chief Business
Development Executive at Concord; Cameron Smalls, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley; Rob Jonas, CEO of Luminate; Barry Massarsky, Partner at Citrin Cooperman; and Larry Miller, Clinical Professor at NYU Steinhardt’s Music Business Program.
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