Ramon Hervey II

In 1984, Ramon Hervey II met Vanessa Williams after being hired as her manager. His job was to revitalize her career. While working, they fell in love. They got married in 1987. Ramon was 33 years old at that time, while Vanessa was 23. This was later known as one of the most talked-about marriages in Hollywood.

The couple divorced in 1997, after 10 years of marriage. Despite a bitter divorce, Ramon and Vanessa never expressed any hatred toward each other on any public platform.

Ramon and Vivian have two daughters, Jillian and Melanie, and a son, Devin.

Ramon Hervey II was born on October 18, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, to Ramon T Hervey and his wife, Winifred. His parents’ was an inter-racial marriage. He grew up with two sisters, Winifred and Christie. Soon after his birth, the family moved to California. Ramon began his education there.

Ramon attended ‘Lompoc Junior High School’ in California. He graduated from ‘Cabrillo Senior High School’ in 1968, at the age of 18. Although he always had some degree of interest in the music industry, he never intended to follow music as a career option. In 1972, he earned his BA degree from ‘Whittier College’ in California and started looking for a job immediately.

In 1973, he bagged a job as a flight attendant. He worked there for a while, but his interests soon shifted to the music industry. He quit his high-paying job in ‘Pan American Airlines’ to work as a publicist for music publications.

In 1974, Ramon bagged a job as a publicist for ‘Starlite Music Artistes,’ a popular artist management company. He wrote copies on behalf of artists and gained first-hand experience. After working there for a year, he quit his job and started working at ‘Hamlett Marsh Publishers’ as an editor. He devoted only a year to this new job and quit in 1976 to work for ‘Motown Records.’

‘Motown’ was one of the biggest American artist management firms and Ramon became the publicist for a number of artists who had signed with the company. He designed and executed publicity campaigns for artists such as Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Marvin Gaye. He was good at his job and successfully earned the goodwill of the artists.

After working for ‘Motown Records’ for a few years, Ramon joined ‘Rogers & Cowan’ as a writer and publicist. His skills and his knowledge of the industry had him getting promoted fast. In the late 1970s, he was promoted to the position of the director of music and the vice president of music and talent within the company.

His experience with ‘Rogers & Cowan’ earned him access to the industry on a larger scale. His long list of high-profile clients included names such as Bette Midler, Herb Alpert, Nick Nolte, George Benson, and the ‘Bee Gees,’ among others.

By the mid-1980s, Ramon was convinced that he should start his own company. He first started working with another company named ‘The Gibson Group,’ where he was a partner and co-president. Some of his most notable clients at the company were Vanessa Williams, Rick James, and Little Richard. He ended up marrying Vanessa Williams in the mid-1980s.