Music knowledge and lyrics platform Musixmatch has appointed Rio Caraeff and Marco Paglia to the roles of Co-Presidents.
Beneath this new management construction, Paglia and Caraeff will report back to Max Ciociola, Musixmatch Founder and CEO.
Musixmatch claims to be the world’s largest lyrics and music knowledge platform, with greater than 80 million customers and 1.2 million artists.
The corporate says it has skilled “vital progress and momentum” in recent times. The corporate secured strategic funding from TPG Development in 2022 and has expanded geographically. It additionally launched Musixmatch Professional, a direct-to-artist SaaS enterprise.
Rio Caraeff is an award-winning government with 30 years of management expertise in music, media and expertise.
He turned Chief Enterprise Officer at Musixmatch in 2023. In his expanded function, Caraeff will proceed to supervise enterprise and industrial features along with the authorized and licensing groups.
Beforehand, Caraeff was Chief Working and Industrial Officer for spatial audio start-up Syng, Inc.
Caraeff was additionally the Founder, President, and CEO of music video and leisure platform Vevo, which he fashioned in 2010 as a world partnership between Common Music Group, Sony Music Leisure and YouTube.
Earlier than this, Caraeff served as Government Vice President at Common Music Group, overseeing technique, licensing and new enterprise growth.
Since becoming a member of Musixmatch as Chief Product Officer in 2019, Marco Paglia has spent the final 5 years main product, design, content material, AI and front-end growth.
He’s been a key participant in making Musixmatch the worldwide service that powers lyrics for music providers like Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram and spearheaded the event of Musixmatch Professional.
In his new function as Co-President, Paglia will now lead your entire engineering group along with his oversight of product administration and design.
Previous to his work at Musixmatch, Paglia spent quite a few years in Silicon Valley the place he was the Product Design Director at Uber, after spending a number of years at Google, the place he based and headed the Google Play design group and led a number of innovation tasks at YouTube and Space 120, its inner startup incubator.
Earlier than shifting to the US, he labored as a UI designer at Nokia in London, Siemens VDO in Paris, Frog Design and LG Electronics in Milan. Paglia has greater than 20 patents filed in his title.
“This new construction is a testomony to the evolution and progress of the enterprise on a world scale.”
Max Ciociola, Musixmatch
“I’m happy to announce that Marco and Rio will step into these roles as Co-Presidents of Musixmatch, as every brings a wealth of expertise and a deep dedication to driving our mission ahead,” mentioned Max Ciociola, Musixmatch Founder and CEO.
“Each reveal distinctive management and are instrumental within the firm’s success. Collectively, they’ll work carefully to supervise day-to-day operations and drive key initiatives.”
He added: “This new construction is a testomony to the evolution and progress of the enterprise on a world scale. Beneath my continued management, it should enable us to leverage the distinctive strengths of our group, making certain larger focus, agility and collaboration.”
“As we proceed to deepen {our relationships} with music business leaders, our concepts will solely turn into extra sharp, and our merchandise, extra refined.”
Marco Paglia, Musixmatch
Marco Paglia, Co-President at Musixmatch, mentioned: “At Musixmatch, our tradition is based on curiosity, ardour and innovation.
“Since becoming a member of, we’ve seen vital progress. As we proceed to deepen {our relationships} with music business leaders, our concepts will solely turn into extra sharp, and our merchandise, extra refined.”
“It’s actually an honor to construct every day alongside Max, Marco, and your entire Musixmatch group.”
Rio Caraeff, Musixmatch
Rio Caraeff, Co-President at Musixmatch, added: “It’s actually an honor to construct every day alongside Max, Marco, and your entire Musixmatch group.
“I imagine that it’s a privilege to serve our clients, and I’m excited to do it with the help of such an unimaginable firm.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
