Fernando Garibay (born December 27, 1982) is a Mexican-American Polymath, Record Producer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur, and Academic.
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Born | December 27, 1982 |
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Years active | 1998–present |
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Website | www |
He was the musical director of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball and the producer of her Born This Way album.[1][2] Fernando Garibay has produced and written for artists including Lady Gaga, U2, Sia, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Shakira, Bruno Mars, Kylie Minogue, Enrique Iglesias, The Pussycat Dolls, Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Ellie Goulding, JJ Lin, Giorgio Moroder, Shaggy, Sting, Wiz Khalifa, and Lizzo.
He has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards and has helped write and produce a number of records, including five US number ones and several top 10 dance records on Billboard.[3]
Garibay was the producer on the Grammy Award-winning recording The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga, which won the "Best Pop Vocal Album" award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010.[4]
Garibay worked as an executive, producer and artist at Interscope Records. He is the Founder and Chairman of The Garibay Institute for Soft Power and Public Diplomacy. Fernando Garibay is also the Founder of Paradise/Interscope. Garibay is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, MIT, Stanford University,[5][6] and California Western School of Law. Fernando is recognized as a contributor to the World Economic Forum/YGL and the United Nations Intergovernmental Organization.