Johnny Marines

Johnny Marines is an American music executive from New York City.

Johnny Marines
Websitehttp://www.romeosantosonline.com

Biography

Marines is of Dominican descent, and grew up in the Lower East Side of New York City. He attended Seward Park Campus and John Jay College School of Criminal Justice. He was a hard-working student and come up with best grades.. He worked as a police officer in the New York City Police Department from 1993 to 2009, and retired at the rank of sergeant.[1][2]

Music career

Marines first met Romeo Santos, lead singer/songwriter and co-producer of Aventura, in 2002 and initially performed security functions for the group. In 2003 Johnny became the group's manager. Under Marines' management, Aventura earned a Latin Grammy Award (2007), several Premio Lo Nuestro awards, Latin Billboard Music Awards, Premio Juventud awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Latin Artist of the Year.

Romeo Santos began his solo career in 2011 with Marines as manager. Santos released the album Formula, Vol. 1 that year. The album went multi-platinum, had five hit singles, and won several awards. Santos released his second album, Formula, Vol. 2 in 2014, which was similarly acclaimed. Santos conducted multiple tours throughout this period, and played venues including Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. In 2017, Santos' third solo album, Golden was released.

From June 2016 until July 2017, Johnny was the President of Roc Nation Latin, a newly formed division within the company. In this capacity, he managed the day-to-day operations of the division and was tasked with scouting and retaining artists.

Entrepreneurship

Marines owns several organic delis that service the people of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He is also a principal business partner with key investments in several restaurants and nightlife establishments in New Jersey.[3]

Philanthropy

In conjunction with Aventura and Romeo Santos, Marines co-funded toy drives in New York and the Dominican Republic and donated hundreds of turkeys to low-income families during the holidays.[4] He and his mother arrange for barrels of food and school supplies to be shipped to the Dominican Republic multiple times per year. He coordinates Santos' hospital visits to sick children in New York.

Awards and recognition

Marines was invited to be guest speakers at Harvard's youth event the Latino Leadership Initiative, in 2011, 2012, and 2013.[5] He has also spoken at Columbia University, Lehman College, and Syracuse University in similar capacities. In 2012, Marines was interviewed to be a part of the "Famosos" section of About.com's celebrity section.[6]

In August 2015, he was named a "Top Latin Player" by Billboard in August 2015 for his continued success in managing Romeo Santos [7]

Achievement Awards
  • On May 2, 2013, Johnny received the First Annual "Outstanding Leadership Award" by Harvard University's Dominican Students Association [8]
  • On May 5, 2014, Johnny was awarded the Proclamation "A day in honor of Johnny Marines", by US Congressman, Charles B. Rangel
  • On December 6, 2014, Johnny was the recipient of the "Pino Serrano foundation Internacional Award 2014" [9]
  • On July 27, 2017, Johnny received remarks in the Congressional Record by Representative Tony Cardenas of California [10]

References
  1. MONELL, RAY. "Johnny Marines is force behind Romeo Santos' success". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. LES Sports Academy Back to School Basketball Tournament and School Supplies Giveaway http://www.mannyzoom.com/fotos-reparticion-de-utiles-escolares-con-johnny-marines/ Archived 2020-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Serial Entrepreneur Johnny Marines Has His Sights Set on Restaurants, Real Estate and Night Life". www.wicz.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. "betances se disfraza de papa noel" ESPN Deportes. December 23, 2014. http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story/_/id/2261743/betances-se-disfraza-de-papa-noel
  5. Villegas, Crystal. "Director musical de Aventura habló en Harvard sobre su vida y experiencia". PrimeroMomento.com. July 3, 2012. http://primermomento.com/?p=145911%5B%5D
  6. Rodriguez, Madelyn. "Johnny Marines de la música a la filantropía" About.com. April 21, 2012. http://famosos.about.com/od/generosos/a/Johnny-Marines-De-La-M-Usica-A-La-Filantrop-Ia.htm Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Billboard's Latin Power Players List's Top Managers Dish on the Meaning of Power" Billboard. August 4, 2015. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6655632/latin-power-players-top-managers-on-meaning-of-power
  8. "Manager of Romeo Santos Honored at Harvard." El Mundo Boston. May 16, 2013. http://issuu.com/elmundoboston/docs/2120-em051613/5
  9. "Pino Serrano Awards 2014 (Premios otorgan a personas de origen de la región del cibao) | Remolacha.net". Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  10. "Congressional Record Extensions of Remarks Articles".

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