Thom Duffy (he/him) is the executive director, special features and power lists, at Billboard. With more than 35 years of experience at the magazine, and previous experience as a daily newspaper reporter, he has covered and directed editorial on all sectors of the music business, including record companies, distribution, publishing, streaming, artist management, the live concert industry, finance, rights organizations and legal issues. He co-created the Billboard franchises Women In Music and 40 Under 40 and has created executive power lists focused on such sectors as R&B/hip-hop, country, Latin music, branding, digital companies and education. He has covered four decades of major industry events, interviewed scores of superstars and was Billboard’s first American editor based in London, reporting during the 1990s from Europe, Asia and Australia. He has specialized in reporting on the intersection of activism and music, covering organizations including March for Our Lives, Pete Seeger’s Clearwater and Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid. Off hours, he is an Adirondack “46er,” having climbed the forty-six highest peaks in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
