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Charles B. Goldstuck (born 1959 in South Africa) is Executive Chairman of TouchTunes Interactive Networks. Charles Goldstuck is the architect of the modernized American jukebox by integrating social networking. Prior to TouchTunes, Goldstuck was a music executive alongside industry icon Clive Davis and co-founded J Records. He nurtured artists such as Usher, Leona Lewis, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, OutKast, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Sarah McLachlan, and Avril Lavigne. He revitalized the careers of acts, such as Rod Stewart and Annie Lennox as well as delivering hits from new acts like Maroon 5. Goldstuck appeared in the documentary "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives" screened in Tribeca in April 2017.

History
In 1988, Charles Goldstuck began as a music publisher for Warner/Chappell Music. Goldstuck then joined Capitol Records and eventually assumed the position of Executive Vice President. Ten years later, he became Executive Vice President/General Manager of Arista Records.

In 2000, Goldstuck co-founded J Records with Clive Davis, an independent label with financial backing from Arista parent Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). In 2001, J Records released Alicia Keys debut album, Songs in A Minor, which sold over 6.2 million copies and earned five Grammy Awards boosting the J Records value. BMG would then buy a majority stake in J Records in 2002 and he would become president of the RCA Music Group.

By 2004, Goldstuck became President and COO of the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), overseeing business operations of the BMG music labels, which included the RCA Music Group, J Records, Arista Records, and the Zomba Label group.

Goldstuck left BMG and joined TouchTunes Interactive Networks as an investor and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer prior to becoming Executive Chairman in 2009. At TouchTunes, he designed and developed the next generation Virtuo digital jukebox that is a "platform" by which many different kinds of digital media can be delivered to customers in bars and restaurants.

At TouchTunes, Goldstuck secured exclusive jukebox license of The Beatles and in 2017 merged the company with PlayNetwork.

Awards
2004 recipient of the YouthAids Man of The Year Award.

2005 recipient of the Foundation of Ethnic Understanding Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Award and the 2006 City of Hope Spirit of Life Award.

2008 UJA Federation Music Visionary Award and the 2013 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Courage and Commitment Award.

Philanthropy
Goldstuck is an active board member of the City of Hope Children’s Hospital Foundation, Chairman of the Bahamas Music Foundation and Vice Chair of the Entertainment, Media & Communications Division of the UJA Federation. He was formerly a board member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, TJ Martell Cancer Research Foundation, and the Stanwich School Board of Trustees, Greenwich, Connecticut.