The chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, Lucian Grainge, has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus. The news was confirmed by Variety, with the 60-year-old reportedly being treated at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Grainge’s hospitalization comes after he celebrated his birthday at a party in Palm Springs, California, where notable figures like Apple CEO Tim Cook and music manager Irving Azoff were in attendance.
Following Grainge’s positive test, Universal Music Group shut down its headquarters in Santa Monica. An unidentified employee, believed to be Grainge, tested positive for the disease, leading to the office’s closure.