L.A. Reid has served as the CEO of an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
Arista Records . [ ˈɛ.rɪ.stə ] was a major American record label . L.A. Reid . He has served as the chairman and CEO of Epic Records , a division of Sony Music Entertainment , the president and CEO of Arista Records , and the chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group . Reid was also the founder and CEO of Hitco Music Publishing and the co-founder of LaFace Records .