16 Facts About Merck Mercuriadis

Merck Mercuriadis was born on October 2,1963 and is a British-Canadian music industry executive, artist manager, and entrepreneur.

Merck Mercuriadis is the founder and chairman of Hipgnosis Song Management; the founder of Hipgnosis Songs Fund; and the founder of Hipgnosis Songs Capital.

Merck Mercuriadis served as the director and CEO of Sanctuary Group PLC from 1986 to 2007.

Merck Mercuriadis's family moved to Middleton, Nova Scotia where he attended local public schools.

At 19 after bombarding his favorite label, Virgin Records, with letters Merck Mercuriadis was hired as a marketing director at Virgin Canada.

In October 1986, Merck Mercuriadis joined Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, the founders, at Sanctuary Music Limited, a management company based in the United Kingdom.

In 2000, Merck Mercuriadis moved from London to New York to build the North American company.

In New York Merck Mercuriadis served as chief executive officer of Sanctuary Group North America until December 2004.

In 2005, Merck Mercuriadis was featured on the cover of Billboard magazine with Elton John.

Merck Mercuriadis delivered the keynote speech at the Pollstar CIC awards in 2005.

Merck Mercuriadis resigned from Sanctuary Music Group on October 31,2006.

Merck Mercuriadis continued to manage Guns N' Roses and Morrissey.

Merck Mercuriadis worked with Guns N' Roses over several years, during which their much-anticipated and much-delayed album, Chinese Democracy, was released.

Merck Mercuriadis oversaw Morrissey albums including You Are the Quarry, First of the Gang to Die, Ringleader of the Tormentors, and Greatest Hits.

Merck Mercuriadis is the founder of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a music IP investment company.

Merck Mercuriadis raised more than US$300 million to fund the acquisition of copyrights in June 2018, and began trading on the London Stock Exchange as SONG in July.