Background
Caren, Mike was born on May 5, 1977.
record producer music company executive
Caren, Mike was born on May 5, 1977.
At 15 he completed an internship at Interscope Records.
As of July 23rd 2012, Caren serves as President of A&R for all of Warner Music Group"s labels, including Atlantic Records and Warner Brothers Records. He was previously the executive vice president of A&R for Atlantic Records, and the co-president of Elektra Records. Caren"s involvement in music started at the age of 12 when he became a DJ. In 1993 Caren founded a high school and college marketing company called School Rules Promotions in Los Los Angeles
Following jobs with Strategic Research Centre/Loud Records and Ruthless Records, Caren started with Atlantic in 1995 at the age of seventeen as Manager of Rap Marketing for the label"s Big Beat imprint.
He has since been responsible for signing numerous artists that have earned gold and platinum-selling records. His signings include Trey Songz, T.I., Flo Rida, Cody Simpson, Trick Daddy, Twista, Trina, Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Gates, Juvenile, Prince Royce, and Brianna Perry.
Mike also counts B.o.B and Editor Sheeran among his victories. He is also credited with co-writing Flo Rida"s hit single, "Sugar", and David Guetta"s "Where Them Girls At".
In 2009, Caren established a boutique publishing company, Artist Publishing Group (APG), in association with Warner/Chappell Music.
The company has placed songs with Madonna, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, The Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Chris Brown, B.o.B, Enrique Iglesias, Sia, Toni Braxton, T-Pain, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Kingston, Birdman, Chamillionaire and numerous Television programs and films. APG has had more than ten top 40 Billboard hits to date.