Wassim Slaiby

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Wassim Joseph Slaiby (Arabic: وسيم جوزيف صليبي; born November 16, 1979), also known as Sal (stylized in all caps), is a Lebanese-Canadian record executive, talent manager, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He co-founded the record label XO with Canadian singer the Weeknd in 2011, for whom he has also managed for since. Furthermore, Slaiby is the founder and CEO of Universal Arabic Music, which he launched in 2021 in partnership with Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group. Slaiby first co-founded CP Music Group in 2002, and later joined the Maverick management consortium in 2016. That same year, he founded the entertainment agency SALXCO, through which he has managed artists including Doja Cat, Bebe Rexha, and Nicki Minaj, and producers and songwriters including Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville, DannyBoyStyles, and Metro Boomin. In January 2024, Bloomberg reported that SALXCO did not list Sean "Diddy" Combs as a client on its website.

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