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David Geffen

David Geffen is credited on 479 releases across 27 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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479

Pressings credited

27

Albums

7

Decades active

1,157

In collections

Biography

David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and co-founding DreamWorks Records (with Mo Ostin, Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker) in 1996. In film, he founded the Geffen Film Company in 1982 and co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994. According to Forbes, Geffen is the wealthiest person in the global entertainment industry; he has an estimated net worth of US$9 billion as of 2024.

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Credited work

479 releases · 27 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Other credits · 474
  • Performance · 44
  • Production · 3
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Fillmore East · Auditorium Theatre, Chicago · The Forum, Los Angeles

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