About Michael Levy, Baron Levy
Michael Abraham Levy, Baron Levy (born 11 July 1944), is a British life peer and former chartered accountant who was chairman and CEO of a large independent group of music companies. A long-standing friend of former prime minister Tony Blair, Levy was the chief fundraiser for the Labour Party under Blair and spent nine years as Blair's special envoy to the Middle East. Levy now acts as a consultant for a number of companies and is also chairman of a finance company. He is also the president of Sense and Sense International, Jewish Care, Barnet and Southgate Colleges, Jewish Free School (JFS), Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade (JLGB), Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School, and Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School (MMK). He was previously president of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and president of Volunteering Matters. Levy founded Magnet Records with Peter Shelley in 1973. The practice attracted a great number of clients in the music and entertainment industry, and Levy became a specialist in international copyright and licence. Levy sold Magnet Records to Warner Brothers in 1988 for £10m. He would be able to sell sand to the Arabs." After Magnet was sold, Levy set up M&G Records with backing from Polygram.
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