Edward_D._Easton
Edward D. Easton
American businessman and founder of Columbia Records (1856–1915)
Edward Denison Easton (April 10, 1856 – April 30, 1915[1]) was the founder and president of the Columbia Phonograph Company. Under Easton's leadership, Columbia developed from one of many regional subsidiaries of the North American Phonograph Company, which, along with Edison Records and Victor Talking Machine Co., was one of the nation's three largest record companies of the early 20th century.