Wassim Slaiby
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وسيم صليبي | |
Slaiby in 2018 | |
| Born | Wassim Joseph Slaiby November 16, 1979 |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Known for | Manager of the Weeknd, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, French Montana, Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla Sign, Belly, Nav, Sabrina Claudio, Brandy, Ali Gatie, DaHeala, DannyBoyStyles, Breyan Isaac, Ben Billions, Rob Knox, Harry Fraud, Massari, M.I.A., Rick Ross, Metro Boomin, London on da Track, Nasri, Shenseea, Swedish House Mafia, Christine and the Queens, Fabian Marasciullo |
| Title | CEO and co-founder of XO CEO and founder of Universal Arabic Music CEO and co-founder of Capital Prophets Music Group |
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| Children | 4 |
Wassim Joseph Slaiby (Arabic: وسيم صليبي; born November 16, 1979), also known as Sal (stylized as SAL), is a Canadian record executive, talent manager, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He co-founded the record label XO with Canadian singer the Weeknd in 2011, for whom he has also was manager. Furthermore, Slaiby is the founder and CEO of Universal Arabic Music, which he launched in 2021 in partnership with Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group.
Slaiby first co-founded CP Music Group in 2002, and later joined the Maverick management consortium in 2016. That same year, he founded the entertainment agency SALXCO, through which he has managed artists including Doja Cat, Bebe Rexha, and Nicki Minaj, and producers and songwriters including Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville, DannyBoyStyles, and Metro Boomin. In January 2024, Bloomberg reported that SALXCO did not list Sean “Diddy” Combs as a client on its website.