Meet President of Tuff Gong Orly Marley
Orly and her husband Ziggy Marley.
Good morning! As we continue our Coffee with KP: Love Week where I’ve selected the Coffee with KP sessions that have something to do with love, dating or romance, please enjoy the replay of our session with Orly Marley, President of Ziggy Marley's record label Tuff Gong Worldwide (as well as Ziggy’s wife). Tuff Gong is responsible for reggae hits like “True to Myself,” “Beach in Hawaii,” “Love is My Religion,” and is one of the producers behind the Bob Marley: One Love movie that opened yesterday!
Orly grew up in Israel and immigrated to the US during the Iranian revolution. She speaks multiple languages (Hebrew, Farsi, Spanish and English.) She graduated from Beverly Hills High School and later went to the University of Hawaii and graduated from Cal State Long Beach with an emphasis on early childhood education.
Orly started her career as a preschool teacher and switched over to entertainment starting as an assistant at William Morris Endeavor (WME) where we met! She worked her way up to Director of Talent Sponsorships. While there, she closed deals with Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Black Eyed Peas and many more. After 13 years at WME, she became President of Tuff Gong Worldwide (Bob Marley Estate and all Marley family business) and has been successfully running it since 2007. She is on the board of the Recording Academy but her focus is and always has been family.
In this episode, you’ll learn her fascinating story from growing up to the Middle East to thriving in the entertainment business, how to stand out in all the right ways when you have a small job (she started as the Music dept receptionist,) what is a music publishing deal (and other terms,) and how to navigate an iconic family business.
If you want a career in the music business, branding or just want a little inspiration you MUST listen to the entire session with Orly. She is bright, full of love, and just listening to the episode again inspired me to be better, do better and most importantly to see the movie- Bob Marley: One Love!
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