Oliver Schusser

Oliver F. Schusser (born 1972) is the president and chief operating officer of Beats Electronics. He is also the vice president of Apple Music & international content.

Education
Schusser received a -Kaufmann (equivalent to a bachelor's degree) in business administration and economics from the in Germany. He then earned an M.B.A. from the in the United Kingdom. Schusser received a Ph.D. in media economics from the in Germany.

Career
Schusser joined in, Germany in 1996. He joined (BMG) in New York in 1998 and became the VP of marketing at  in San Francisco, which was acquired by BMG in 2002. He then returned to Germany to work for.

Apple and Beats
Schusser was recruited by Eddy Cue in 2004 to help Apple expand iTunes into Europe. In 2018, he was promoted to VP of Apple Music (formerly Beats Music) & international content. He succeeded Luke Wood as the president of Beats on April 30, 2020. Schusser reports to Eddy Cue, the senior VP of internet software and services.

Articles

 * Apple Music’s Oliver Schusser has deep history in digital music by Jonny Evans at AppleMust (2018-04-11)