Ghazi Shami is the CEO and co-founder of Empire Records.

He is currently residing in San Fransisco, California. He has a bachelor’s degree with a major in radio and television from San Fransisco State University.  

He also has a degree in associate and art music technology from the College of San Mateo.

He was a music technology enthusiast since a young age and decided to pursue a career in it. He founded his record level 11 years ago and now is one of the most renowned record levels, especially for hip-hop music.

Before that, Ghazi used to work as a Director in Urban Group. At the initial stage of his career, he worked as an Audio engineer and producer.

His business associate explains Ghazi as “great to work with really easy-going, smart but most of all totally on top of his work.”