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Wassim Slaiby Net Worth 2023 – Income, Salary, Personal Life

Successful people follow their habits, their success is down to their consistent practices, and they know this and stick to them. These people may take time to journal or plan out goals. Wassim Joseph Slaiby is one of these successful persons having the most potent mindset about determination, self-motivation, and drive. He is the Chief Executive Officer of XO and the primary artist and singer of “Labels .”If you want to know more about Wassim Slaiby, you should read the complete article.

Early Life of Wassim Slaiby

Wassim Joseph Slaiby, also known as Wassim Slaiby, was born on November 16, 1972, in Ghazir, Lebanon. When Wassim was ten years old, his father passed away. He escaped the Lebanese Civil War conflict and migrated to Canada without his family when he was fifteen. He started living in Montreal before moving to Ottawa in his late teens.

Rima Fakih and Wassim Slaiby
Rima Fakih and Wassim Slaiby /Photo

Personal Life

On May 15, 2016, Wassim Slaiby married Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakihin, at the Patriarchal Edifice in Bkerké, Lebanon. She is a Lebanese model and a philanthropist. Their wedding was attended by many celebrities, including The Weeknd, French Montana, Haifa Wehbe, and Wael Kfoury, and was presided over by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. The couple has three children named Rima, Joseph, and Amira. Wassim and his family reside in Los Angeles, California.

Career

  • 2002–2011: CP Music Group

Wassim Slaiby started his career as a musician after meeting a young fellow immigrant rapper, Belly. Belly was a freestyle rapper on Ottawa street in 2002. Wassim began to work as a manager with Belly, with whom he founded Capital Prophets Records. These records would go on to be known as the CP Music Group. Slaiby also hired Amir “Cash” Esmailian, who was also a friend of Belly. Esmailian was the head of street promotion for the label.

Rapper Belly and singer Massari were the first artists signed to the new record label by Wassim Slaiby. In 2005, Massari self-titled his certified Gold album in Canada and won a Juno Award nomination. Belly’s album, “The Revolution,” collected the Juno Award, in 2007, for Rap Recording of the Year. Within six years, CP Music Group became Canada’s independent hip-hop and R&B label.

  • 2011–present: XO Records, SALXCO, and Universal Arabic Music

In 2011, Wassim Slaiby started co-managing “The Weekend” with the singer Esmailian and co-founded “XO Records” with the artist and a very professional director named La Mar Taylor. The label “The Weeknd” released his first three mixtapes:

  • House of Balloons
  • Thursday
  • Echoes of Silence

These tapes were produced In-house by Illangelo. In 2012, XO Records was assumed by Universal Music Group as a subordinate label following the Weeknd signing with Republic Records. Wassim Slaiby added Belly, DannyBoyStyles, Harry Fraud, and Dahlia as in-house producers and songwriters in 2013. Wassim became the CEO of the label in 2015.

In 2011, Wassim Slaiby founded his artist and a very talented management company SALXCO. He sold his CP Music Group to Live Nation. In May 2016, Wassim partnered with Guy Oseary’s Maverick consortium. Through SALXCO, Wassim Slaiby manages the artists signed to XO Records, including singer Black Atlass and rapper Nav, and many other famous artists and producers such as:

  • Doja Cat
  • Diddy
  • Nicki Minaj
  • London On Da Track
  • Ali Gate
  • Harry Fraud
  • Metro Boomin
  • Bebe Rexha
  • Swedish House Mafia.
  • Universal Arabic Music

On April 6, 2021, Universal Music Group and Republic Records announced the launching a new record label, “Universal Arabic Music .”The Music Group also announced Wassim Slaibyas its founder and CEO.

  • Honors and recognition
  • 40 under 40’s Top Young Power Players in 2015
  • Billboard Power 100, in 2017
  • Billboard Power 100, in 2018
  • Variety’s Manager of the Year in 2020
  • Billboard International Power Player, in 2021

Philanthropy

In 2017, Wassim Slaiby and his friend, French Montana, started to raise funds to build the Suubi Hospital in Uganda with Global Citizen and Mama Hope. In February 2018, Wassim joined the International Organization Global Citizen advisory board. In November 2018, there was a deadly wildfire in California, and Wassim urged his followers in an Instagram post to donate as much as possible to the Los Angeles Fire Department and the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund.

Wassim Slaiby Net Worth 

Wassim Slaiby is a Canadian-Lebanese Music manager and executive with an estimated net worth of $5 million. In 2019, Wassim Slaiby became an investor in Triller, a music-focused social video platform. In April 2019, Wassim was invited as a guest speaker to the Brilliant Minds; It was an annual conference created by the founder of Spotify, Daniel Ek, where he was among a jury of speakers that included:

  • Former US President Barack Obama
  • Businessman Evan Spiegel
  • Scientist Hartmut Neven

Conclusion

Wassim Slaiby is very motivated to accomplish his success. He works hard to achieve his goals and is very consistent in his efforts. Wassim has a strong work ethic that makes people more successful.

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