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Ben Vaughn, President/CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, Dies at 49


Ben Vaughn, president/CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, is dead at age 46.

The much-beloved Vaughn, who was Billboard ‘s Country Power Players executive of the year in 2020, joined Warner Music Chappell in 2012 and was promoted to the president role of Warner Music Chappell Nashville in 2017, adding the role of CEO in 2019. It is with broken hearts that we share the unthinkable news that Ben Vaughn, President & CEO of Warner Chappell Nashville, passed away this morning. The Nashville community has lost one of its greatest champions, and he will be profoundly missed by so many across our company and the entire industry.

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