L.A. Reid has served as the CEO of an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.
L.A. Reid . He has served as the chairman and CEO of Epic Records , a division of Sony Music Entertainment , the president and CEO of Arista Records , and the chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group . Reid was also the founder and CEO of Hitco Music Publishing and the co-founder of LaFace Records . Universal Republic Records was an American record label , that operated as a division of Universal Music Group .