Berry Gordy Biography

Founder of Motown Records and Tamla Records.Sold Motown Records to MCA for $61 million in 1988.Father, with Diana Ross, of Rhonda Ross KendrickBorrowed $800 to start Tamla Motown Records.Grandfather of Jermaine Jackson II.Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Non-Performer) in 1988.Father of Rockwell. Ex-father-in-law of Jermaine Jackson.Father of songwriter Stefan Gordy by producer Nancy Leiviska.Father of Rockwell by ex-girlfriend Margaret Norton. Ex-father-in-law of Jermaine Jackson.Jobete, the music publishing company that he founded was named after his three oldest children: Hazel JOy, BErry and TErry.Has 7 children altogether: Hazel Joy, Berry, Kennedy, Kerry, Rhonda, Stefan and Terry James.Brother of Anna Gordy Gaye, and Robert L. Gordy.Former brother-in-law of Harvey Fuqua, and Marvin Gaye.Is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) (TV).