Universal Music Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources exclusively told Variety.
He is currently receiving treatment at Los Angeles’ UCLA Medical Center, sources said. A UMG spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
Word of Grainge’s illness has rattled West Coast power players who attended his 60th birthday celebration on Feb. 29 in Palm Springs, multiple industry insiders said.
The likes of Apple CEO Tim Cook, veteran music manager Irving Azoff, and Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue attended the party fifteen days ago as of Sunday, said sources.
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