Martin Goldschmidt is Chairman and Founder of Cooking Vinyl, which comprised Cooking Vinyl Records, Cooking Vinyl America (all sold to Exceleration in 2025), Cooking Vinyl Australia, Cooking Vinyl Publishing, and Cooking Vinyl Australia Publishing.
Cooking Vinyl Records, home to The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Billy Bragg, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Nina Nesbitt, Shed Seven, and Passenger, is one of Europe's premier artist-focused independent labels and the originator of innovative Artist Services deals.
Martin founded the UK's first online distribution company (sold to IODA/Orchard/Sony), a management company, and a booking agency (sold to Rob Challice/CODA). He also founded Essential Music (sold to Sony Orchard) and co-founded Palestine Music Expo, which staged festivals in the West Bank in 2017, 2018, and 2019, followed by five festivals in Gaza from 2021 to 2023.