ahmet ertegun ( ah-met air-tə-gən; turkish: ahmet zahrettin sebuhi ertegün, pronounced [ahˈmet eɾteˈɟyn]; july 31 [o.s.july 18] 1923 – december 14, 2006) was a turkish-american businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist.ertegun was the co-founder and president of atlantic records.he discovered and championed many leading rhythm and blues and rock musicians.ertegun also wrote classic blues and pop songs.he served as the chairman of the rock and roll hall of fame and museum, located in cleveland, ohio.ertegun has been described as 'one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry.'in 2017 he was inducted into the rhythm and blues music hall of fame in recognition of his work in the music business.ertegun helped foster ties between the u.s. and turkey, his birthplace.he served as the chairman of the american turkish society for over 20 years until his death.he also co-founded the new york cosmos soccer team of the original north american soccer league.his mother, hayrünnisa, was an accomplished musician who played keyboard and stringed instruments.she bought the popular records of the day, to which ahmet and his brother, nesuhi listened.his older brother nesuhi introduced him to jazz music, taking him at the age of nine to see the duke ellington and cab calloway orchestras in london.in 1935, ahmet and his family moved to washington, d.c., with his father, munir ertegun, who was appointed as the ambassador of the republic of turkey to the united states.when ahmet was 14, his mother bought him a record-cutting machine, which he used to compose and add lyrics to instrumental records.ertegun's love for music pulled him into the heart of washington, dc's black district where he would routinely see such top acts as duke ellington, cab calloway, billie holiday and louis armstrong.he attended landon school, an affluent all-male private school in bethesda, maryland.ahmet joked, 'i got my real education at the howard' — howard being the howard theatre, an historic performance space located in washington, dc.despite his affluent upbringing, ertegun began to see a different world from his affluent peers.ertegun would later say: 'i began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in america and experienced immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination, because, although turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within europe because of their muslim beliefs.'ertegun and his brother frequented milt gabler's commodore music shop, assembled a collection of over 15,000 jazz and blues 78s, and became acquainted with musicians such as ellington, lena horne and jelly roll morton.ahmet and nesuhi staged concerts by lester young, sidney bechet and other jazz giants.they also traveled to new orleans and to harlem to listen to music and develop a keen awareness of developing musical tastes.ertegun graduated from st. john's college in annapolis in 1944.in november of the same year, munir ertegun died.in 1946 president harry truman ordered the battleship uss missouri to return his body to turkey as a demonstration of friendship between the us and turkey.this show of support was meant to counter the soviet union's potential political demands on turkey.at the time of his father's death, ahmet was taking graduate courses in medieval philosophy at georgetown university.soon afterward, when the rest of the family returned permanently to turkey, ahmet and nesuhi stayed in the united states.while nesuhi moved to los angeles, ahmet stayed in washington and decided to get into the record business as a temporary measure to help him through college.financed by family dentist dr. vahdi sabit, they formed atlantic records in september 1947 in new york city.
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