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Johnny Marines
Marines in 2014
Born	New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Music executive
Years active	1993–present
Website	http://www.romeosantosonline.com

Johnny Marines is an American music executive from New York City.

Johnny Marines is of Dominican descent and grew up in the Lower East Side of New York City. He attended Seward Park Campus and John Jay College School of Criminal Justice. He worked as a police officer in the New York City Police Department from 1993 to 2009, retiring at the rank of sergeant.^[1][2]

Johnny Marines first met Romeo Santos, lead singer/songwriter and co-producer of Aventura, in 2002 and initially performed security functions for the group. In 2003 Johnny became the group's manager. Under Marines' management, Aventura earned a Latin Grammy Award (2007), several Premio Lo Nuestro awards, Latin Billboard Music Awards, Premio Juventud awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Latin Artist of the Year.

Romeo Santos began his solo career in 2011 with Marines as manager. Santos released the album Formula, Vol. 1 that year. The album went multi-platinum, had five hit singles, and won several awards. Santos released his second album, Formula, Vol. 2 in 2014, which was similarly acclaimed. Santos conducted multiple tours throughout this period and played venues including Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. In 2017, Santos' third solo album, Golden was released.

From June 2016 until July 2017, Johnny was the President of Roc Nation Latin, a newly formed division within the company.

In conjunction with Aventura and Romeo Santos, Marines co-funded toy drives in New York and the Dominican Republic and donated turkeys to low-income families during the holidays.^[3]

Marines was invited to be a guest speaker at Harvard's youth event the Latino Leadership Initiative, in 2011, 2012, and 2013.^[4] He has also spoken at Columbia University, Lehman College, and Syracuse University. In 2012, Marines was interviewed to be a part of the "Famosos" section of About.com's celebrity section.^[5]

In August 2015, he was named a "Latin Power Player" by Billboard in August 2015, 2016, and 2018 for managing Romeo Santos and his role as President at Roc Nation ^[6]

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• On May 2, 2013, Marines received the First Annual "Outstanding Leadership Award" from Harvard University's Dominican Students Association ^[7]
• On December 6, 2014, Marines received the "Pino Serrano foundation International Award 2014" ^[8]
• On July 27, 2017, Marines received remarks in the Congressional Record by Representative Tony Cardenas of California ^[9]

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• Cobo, Leila (2013-02-06). "Grammy's Latin Problem: Why the Show Needs More Latin Performers". Billboard.
• "Integrantes de Aventura se convierten en Reyes Magos". People en Español (in Spanish).
• Rosen, Jody (2009-06-03). "Crossover Dreams of a Bronx Bachatero". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
• "LES Sports Academy Joins Major League Baseball's Jr. RBI Program | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side". Retrieved 2022-04-19.
• "Johnny Marines, empresario y manager de Romeo Santos, recibe reconocimiento en Miami | Remolacha.net". 2014-10-29. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
• "Dominican American National Foundation's "25 Years of Service" Gala event". LatinTRENDS. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
• Mejias-Rentas, Antonio. "[2]^{[permanent dead link‍]}". "Romeo Santos' Secret 'Formula': New Hits and A Tour". "Billboard.com". May 11, 2012.
• Cobo, Leila. "[3] Archived 2013-01-18 at archive.today". "Romeo Santos Finds His Own Formula After Aventura Success". "Billboard.com". October 21, 2011.
• Cobo, Leila. "Aventura's Adventure: A Hit in Europe, New York Quartet Seeks U.S. Breakthrough" Billboard. Issue number 38. April 30, 2005: 40.
• Gonzalez, Carolina. "[4]". Romeo Santos & Fans: A Love Story. NY Daily News.com. November 16, 2011.
• Symkus, Ed. "Listen to the Tale of Aventura". The Edge. The Boston Herald. December 1, 2009.
• Figueroa, Raymundo Monell. "Aventura Live at Madison Square Garden." DTM Magazine. Issue number 65. January 2010.

• www.johnnymarines.com
• www.romeosantosonline.com Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine