Caroline Bienstock

Since 1989, when Caroline Bienstock began as Chief Operating Officer of Carlin America, Inc., the company her father, music publishing titan and Carlin Chairman Freddy Bienstock named for her, she has rapidly become regarded as among the most respected, astute and dynamic executives in the music industry.

A New York City native, Caroline graduated cum laude from Yale College in 1979 before earning her JD at Boston University School of Law four years later and becoming an associate at the New York office of the prestigious Chicago law firm Seyfarth Shaw Fairweather & Geraldson. After acquiring an MBA from the Wharton School in 1987, Caroline joined the Private Client Services division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the two years before being named to her current position at Carlin America.

In her present post, Caroline's main areas of concentration include the Carlin operation in Nashville, the organization-wide expansion into film music acquisitions and licensing, catalog growth and administration, and the newly-activated Carlin Music Publishing Canada Inc. subsidiary. Additionally, Caroline is currently on the Board of the Association of Independent Music Publishers, the Advisory Panel of the BMI Foundation, and a Member of both the Copyright Society and the Entertainment and Sports Law section of the New York State Bar Association.