Diana Meltzer

Diana Meltzer is an American record executive. She co-founded (with her ex-husband Alan Meltzer) the independent record label Wind-up Records in 1997, and founded Monster Hits Music in 2010. She is credited with having discovered alternative rock bands including Creed, Finger Eleven, Evanescence, Alter Bridge, Seether, Drowning Pool, 12 Stones, and Company of Thieves, all of whom signed with the former label in the late 1990s or early 2000s.

She began her career as a fashion model, and later owned a record store in Connecticut in the late 1980s. In 2004, Meltzer became the first woman to top HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart, a considerable achievement in a traditionally male-dominated field (others who have topped the list include Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Dr. Dre and Mark Williams).