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Berry Gordy, Jr. (born November 28, 1929, Detroit, Michigan) is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label and its many subsidiaries.

Biography

Early years

Gordy, Jr. was the seventh of eight children born to the middle class family of Berry Gordy II (a.k.a. Berry Gordy, Sr.)

Personal life

Gordy—who married and divorced three times, to Thelma Coleman, Raynona Singleton, and Grace Easton—has seven children: Hazel Joy, Berry Gordy IV, Kennedy, Kerry, Rhonda, Stefan and Terry James. (His publishing company, Jobete was named after his three oldest children, Joy, Berry and Terry.) Rhonda Ross Kendrick is the daughter of Gordy and his most successful female Motown artist, Diana Ross, with whom he'd a five year relationship. Kennedy Gordy is better known as the Motown musician Rockwell. Gordy's daughter Hazel was once married to Jermaine Jackson. He recently bought a retirement home in Palm Desert, California.
   Gordy delivered the commencement address at Michigan State University on May 5, 2006 and at Occidental College on May 20, 2007. He received an honorary degree from each school.
   Gordy was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1998.
   His involvement with Motown Records was the inspiration for the character of Curtis Taylor, Jr in the film and musical Dreamgirls, based on the story of The Supremes.

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