Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want, How to Live and Useful Not True.
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- Derek Sivers is an American-born musician, entrepreneur and author.
- He studied at Berklee College of Music and toured Japan as Ryuichi Sakamoto's guitarist in 1992.
- He started CD Baby, an online distributor for independent musicians, and sold it in 2008.
- He left America in 2010 and has lived in Singapore, England and New Zealand.
- He writes short books, including Anything You Want (2011) and How to Live (2021).
Key facts
- Born
- 1969, Berkeley, California1
- Studied
- Berklee College of Music, Boston, from 1987 to 19901
- Music
- Circus ringleader and musician from 1988 to 1998; Ryuichi Sakamoto's touring guitarist in Japan, 19921
- CD Baby
- Started it in 1997 in Woodstock, New York; HostBaby followed in 19991
- Sale
- Disc Makers bought CD Baby and HostBaby for $22 million, August 20082
- TED
- Spoke at TED three times in 20101
- Books
- Anything You Want (2011); Your Music and People and Hell Yeah or No (2020); How to Live (2021); Useful Not True (2024)1
- Residence
- Has been a legal resident or citizen of Singapore, India, Belgium, New Zealand, England and Portugal1
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