About Founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre

In 2022, Jimmy Iovine and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young founded the first Iovine and Young Center Integrated Design, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Magnet, which is located in Los Angeles. In fall 2024, the pair opened the Iovine and Young Center (IYC) at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, and an Inglewood, California, location will open its doors in 2025. The mission of Jimmy and Dr. Dre is to help more students develop relevant, 21st-century skills that will prepare them for post-secondary education and the workforce.

Jimmy Iovine is a creative visionary and philanthropist. He’s the co-founder of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, the Iovine and Young Center, and Beats Electronics. Jimmy was nominated for a Grammy Award and in 2022 earned induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Jimmy began his decades-long music career at Record Plant recording studio in New York City. He started as a record engineer and then began producing, eventually co-founding Interscope Records. He’s worked with artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, and – most notably – Dr. Dre, with whom he’s partnered on business endeavors that include launching the sound empire Beats Electronics. Beats led to the realization by Jimmy and Dr. Dre that education was siloed and the education space needed an interdisciplinary curriculum to help students compete in the 21st-century job market. Together, Jimmy and Dr. Dre established new learning institutions — the USC Iovine and Young Academy along with the Iovine and Young Center. 

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Dr. Dre is a GRAMMY award winner, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He’s the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and co-founder of Beats Electronics, the USC Iovine and Young Academy, and the Iovine and Young Center with Jimmy. A Compton, California, native, Dr. Dre co-founded the revolutionary rap group N.W.A. and embarked on his solo career in 1992 with the release of his debut album. He won a GRAMMY for Best Rap Solo Performance (“Let Me Ride”) in 1993 and launched Aftermath Entertainment in 1996, discovering hip-hop superstars such as Kendrick Lamar, Anderson Paak, and Eminem. Dr. Dre, along with Jimmy, has won a GRAMMY and an Emmy for the HBO docuseries “The Defiant Ones.” 

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