Education
Georgetown University. Rice University.
Georgetown University. Rice University.
Prior to filling this position, he worked for 25 years in politics and federal policy-making. In August of 2011, Cary Sherman succeeded Bainwol as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the RIAA, and Bainwol became the Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. Bainwol was born in 1959 in Munich.
He spent his childhood in Germany, Thailand, the Canal Zone and Maryland before graduating from Frankfurt American High School.
Bainwol studied as an undergraduate at Georgetown University and received an Master of Business Administration from Rice University. In 2003 he joined the RIAA as its Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Hilary Rosen.
More specifically, he served as a Congressional staff intern to Robin Beard, an employee of the United States. Office of Management and Budget, a Congressional Staff Chief to Senator Connie Mack, a Congressional Staff Senate Leadership Staff Director, a member of the Republican National Committee, a consultant for Clark and Weinstock, a Congressional Staff Executive Director for the National Republican Senate Committee, and a Congressional Staff Chief of Staff to Senator Frist.
After his studies, Bainwol became a member of staff for various Republican political figures from 1977 until 2003 (Robin Beard, Connie Mack, Bill Frist and the Radio Network Controller) before founding the Bainwol Group, a Washington, District of Columbia-based lobby group. He serves as a member of the Board of the National Fatherhood Initiative, the Leadership Music Foundation and the Bryce Harlow Foundation.
