This article is about the music executive. For the TV personality Barry Weiss see Storage Wars.Barry Weiss (born February 11, 1951, in Demarest, New Jersey) is an American music executive. He served as chairman and CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group and Universal Republic Records from 2011 to 2014, RCA/Jive Label Group from 2008 to 2011 and was also the CEO of its constituent Jive Records from 1991 to 2011. Both companies were under the purview of Sony Music Entertainment.