Phil Harvey

Philip Christopher Harvey (born 29 August 1976) is an English manager and creative director best known for his work with the rock band Coldplay. He used to set up and promote student nights at local nightclubs while studying at Trinity College, Oxford, dropping out of his course to manage the band and helping them finance Safety (1998). They signed a recording contract with Parlophone in 1999, finding global fame with the release of Parachutes (2000) and following records.

Harvey left Coldplay's line-up for four years due to the stress of handling alone an occupation that usually requires a team of people. He completed a psychology degree at the University of Melbourne during this interval, returned as a creative director and started to make cameo appearances in certain music videos. He won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year as part of Coldplay. Having sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2021, they are the most commercially successful group of the 21st century.