TOM CYRANA, 60
PARTNER/MANAGING DIRECTOR, RZO
JOHN GULA, 60
PARTNER/MANAGING DIRECTOR, RZO
LIA SWEET, 57
PARTNER/MANAGING DIRECTOR, RZO
BILL ZYSBLAT, 67
FOUNDING PARTNER, RZO
“We are probably the only artist-based business management firm,” says Zysblat of New York-based RZO. “We represent no managers, agents, executives, labels, merchandisers or publishers.”
The firm’s artist roster is unrivaled. RZO watches out for the financial interests of (“in no particular order,” says Zysblat) The Rolling Stones, U2, the estates of David Bowie and John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Shania Twain, Luis Miguel, Steely Dan, David Byrne, Joe Jackson, fun. “and probably another 15 to 20 artists.”
Zysblat and his late partner, Joe Rascoff, formed RZO after the shared experience of working with The Stones beginning with the band’s 1975 tour of…