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No, not anymore. Rick Rubin who founded Def Jam in his dorm room in New York City was the first to leave, he sold his share of Def Jam for about $100 million, then Russel Simmons sold his share of Def Jam back in 1999 to Seagrams Universal Music Group for an estimated $175 million

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