Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label and its many subsidiaries.
Berry Gordy, Jr. (actually Berry Gordy III) was the seventh of eight children born to the middle class family of Berry Gordy, Sr. (Berry Gordy II), and Bertha Fuller Gordy, who had relocated to Detroit from Milledgeville, Georgia in 1922. Gordy was brought up in a tight-knit family with strong morals.
Gordy, who has been married and divorced several times, has seven children: Hazel Joy, Berry, Kennedy, Kerry, Rhonda, Stefan and Terry James. Rhonda Ross Kendrick is the daughter of Gordy and his most successful female Motown artist, Diana Ross.
Gordy has an honorary Doctorate in the fine arts from Michigan State University, received at the 2006 spring commencement ceremony, where he was the speaker.
Gordy also has an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Occidental College in Los Angeles, received at the 2007 spring commencement ceremony, where he was the speaker.
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