- Founder of RMM Records, one of the two major labels (the other being FANIA) specializing in salsa and tropical Latin music. The label's roster of artists included Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony and La India.
- Father was of Dominican ancestry while his mother was Puerto Rican.
- When he was a teenager, he heard his first live concert at the Palladium nightclub in Manhattan. He was "blown away" by the Machito Orchestra, and resolved to have a career in Latino music. Since he couldn't sing or play an instrument, he became a promoter and producer.
- His father was a dockworker, and his mother worked in a factory. He learned to dance the Dominican merengue as a child in the hallway of his family's fifth-floor apartment.
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