19 Facts About Tim DuBois

James Timothy DuBois was born on May 4,1948 and is an American accountant, songwriter, and recording industry executive based in Nashville.

Tim DuBois has headed both Arista Records and Universal South Records, and as a songwriter, he has written five No 1 country hits, including "Love in the First Degree" which was a world-wide hit recorded by the group Alabama.

Tim DuBois received three academic scholarships to Oklahoma State University to study accounting, earned two advanced degrees, and worked as a senior financial analyst for the Texas Federal Reserve Bank.

Tim DuBois founded the musical group Restless Heart in 1984, and Clive Davis hired him in 1989 to establish a Nashville office of Arista Records.

Tim DuBois is a member of Oklahoma State University's Hall of Fame and was the school's Accounting Alumnus of the year.

Tim DuBois started playing guitar in rock bands as a youth in nearby Grove, Oklahoma.

Tim DuBois attended Oklahoma State University and studied accounting, winning three scholarships: an Arthur Andersen Scholarship, an Atlantic Richfield Scholarship and an Oklahoma State Regents Scholarship.

Tim DuBois received a bachelor's in accounting in 1971 and a master's in 1972, and he became a Certified Public Accountant.

Tim DuBois worked for the Arthur Andersen firm for about a year, then took a job in Dallas as a financial analyst for the Texas Federal Reserve Bank.

From 1979 to 1985, Tim DuBois worked as both a publishing company staff writer and as an accounting professor.

Tim DuBois opened the Nashville branch of Los Angeles-based artist management firm Fitzgerald-Hartley in 1986.

Tim DuBois later joined producer Tony Brown to operate Universal South Records.

In 1991, Tim DuBois married Pamela Smith from Dallas, Texas, a friend he had known for fifteen years.

In 2007, Tim DuBois returned to the faculty of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, where he is developing courses related to the music business.

Tim DuBois has joined forces with Marc Dottore to form Dottore-DuBois Artist Management.

Tim DuBois holds the positions of Vice President and Managing Executive.

Tim DuBois serves on the boards of the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, the Americana Music Association, and SunTrust Bank, and as chairman of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Tim DuBois has received recognition as "Record Executive of the Year" by Pollstar and as one of the "101 Most Powerful People" in the entertainment industry by Entertainment Weekly.

Tim DuBois was inducted into Oklahoma State University's Hall of Fame in 1996.