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Allen Klein

1931 - 2009

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Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated. Klein increased profits for his musician clients by negotiating new record company contracts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allen Klein has received more than 1,487,033 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Klein is the 305th most popular businessperson (down from 257th in 2019), the 3,638th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,300th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 52.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

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  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Allen Klein ranks 305 out of 601Before him are Mark Thatcher, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Haim Saban, Meyer Guggenheim, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and Gennady Timchenko. After him are Tadashi Yanai, Ma Huateng, Sergio Marchionne, J. C. Jacobsen, Dustin Moskovitz, and Arnon Milchan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Allen Klein ranks 200Before him are Camillo Ruini, Dominique Lapierre, Lars Hörmander, Alda Merini, Rajko Kuzmanović, and David Eddings. After him are Dean Jones, Mickey Mantle, Dritëro Agolli, Sylvano Bussotti, Roger Piantoni, and Michael O. Rabin. Among people deceased in 2009, Allen Klein ranks 133Before him are Konstantin Feoktistov, Friaça, Eleanor F. Helin, Alda Merini, Rosanna Schiaffino, and David Eddings. After him are Ron Silver, Shi Pei Pu, Ken Annakin, Yukio Endo, Armen Takhtajan, and Amir Pnueli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Klein ranks 3,638 out of 18,182Before him are Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Harold E. Varmus (1939), Monica Potter (1971), Anna Gunn (1968), and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847). After him are Cynthia Rothrock (1957), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Robert Blake (1933), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), James Nachtwey (1948), and Keir Dullea (1936).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Allen Klein ranks 96Before him are Chris Gardner (1954), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Robert Monroe (1915), David Stern (1942), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Bruce Buck (1946). After him are Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Paul Castellano (1915), Bob Iger (1951), Suge Knight (1965), David Koch (1940), and Roy E. Disney (1930).