Hasse Breitholtz

Swedish piano, keyboard player, TV manager and record company director, born 11 February 1949. He was a member of the group Landslaget and competed a couple of times in the Melodifestivalen 1975 and 1977. Breitholtz began his record company career at EMI Sweden in 1979. Ten years later, 1989, was involved in starting the record company BMG Sweden, of which he also became CEO. In 2000, he left Sweden for London, where he led BMG UK's digital ventures. He left BMG in 2003 to work for a company called Jambarine. In April 2004, Breitholtz was appointed Deputy CEO of Modern Times Group, where he was also chairman of Swedish TV3 and ZTV. In August 2005, Hand was appointed CEO of TV3 and ZTV. During his time on this post, TV6 was launched which replaced ZTV for most viewers. In August 2008, Manfred Aronsson was appointed new CEO of TV3 and TV6 and Breitholtz returned to the post of Deputy CEO of MTG. He left MTG in 2009 to return to the music industry. In March, he became CEO of Sony Music Sweden. He left Sony in 2011. He is the father of Daniel Breitholtz.