- Discovered Hall & Oates. Other acts he guided during his tenure as head of Sony's U.S. operations include Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Jessica Simpson, the The Chicks, and Destiny's Child.
- Was the president of Sony Music Entertainment. Discovered Mariah Carey at a party, listened to her demo, and signed her to his record company
- Six months in the planning, his wedding to Mariah Carey featured 50 flower girls, an 8-piece orchestra, a boys choir, and 300 guests, including Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Gloria Estefan, Michael Bolton, Christie Brinkley, Tony Bennett, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert De Niro and Michael Ovitz. The event reportedly cost $5 million.
- Is one of only a small group of people who have been made an honorary US Marshal by the US Marshals Service.
- Referenced, in a somewhat curious context, in the mid-70s dance club hit "Cherchez le Femme" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. The first line of the song is "Tommy Mottola lives on the road/He lost his lady two months ago.".
- Leaves Sony to launch his own label. (January 9, 2003)
- Has 4 children: son, Michael Paul Mottola (b. July 20, 1980) & daughter, Sarah Lisa Mottola (b. June 25, 1982) with ex-wife, Lisa Clark and daughter, Sabrina Sakaë Mottola Sodi (b. October 7, 2007) & son, Matthew Alejandro Mottola Sodi (b. June 24, 2011) with wife, Thalía.
- Cousin of jazz guitarist Tony Mottola.
- Collects guns.
- Converted to Judaism to marry first wife Lisa Clark.
- Dropped out of Hofstra University.
- He is Italian-American.
- Chairman/CEO, "The Mottola Company".
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 10, 2019.
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