Mark Williams (19)

A&R manager & photographer who has worked with many major labels, including Virgin, Geffen Records, Interscope Records and now Columbia. The Georgia native was instrumental in signing R.E.M. at I.R.S. Records in the early '80s. He signed artists including The Smashing Pumpkins and M.I.A. (2), as well as working with Gwen Stefani, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, John Legend, Pharrell, Walk Off the Earth, Leon Bridges and more.