- Born
- Birth nameThomas Daniel Mottola Jr.
- Nickname
- Tommy
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Tommy Mottola was born on July 1, 1948 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Secret of My Success (1987), Ruthless People (1986) and Carly in Concert: Coming Around Again (1987). He has been married to Thalía since December 2, 2000. They have two children. He was previously married to Mariah Carey and Lisa Clark.
- SpousesThalía(December 2, 2000 - present) (2 children)Mariah Carey(June 5, 1993 - March 5, 1998) (divorced)Lisa Clark(1971 - 1990) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenSabrina Sakaë Mottola
- Discovered Hall & Oates. Other acts he guided during his tenure as head of Sony's U.S. operations include Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Jessica Simpson, the The Chicks, and Destiny's Child.
- Was the president of Sony Music Entertainment. Discovered Mariah Carey at a party, listened to her demo, and signed her to his record company
- Six months in the planning, his wedding to Mariah Carey featured 50 flower girls, an 8-piece orchestra, a boys choir, and 300 guests, including Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Gloria Estefan, Michael Bolton, Christie Brinkley, Tony Bennett, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert De Niro and Michael Ovitz. The event reportedly cost $5 million.
- Is one of only a small group of people who have been made an honorary US Marshal by the US Marshals Service.
- Referenced, in a somewhat curious context, in the mid-70s dance club hit "Cherchez le Femme" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. The first line of the song is "Tommy Mottola lives on the road/He lost his lady two months ago.".
- Music was around me from morning till night. From the time I was two years old I would climb on the stool and bang on the keys of our family piano. But there was one single defining moment that ran through me like a bolt of electricity when I was eight years old: that was the time I heard Don't Be Cruel' blasting through my sister's AM radio. The beat and the rhythm of that song branded me forever and was everything that motivated and inspired me to become what I became.
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