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10 Spotify executives
These ten current and former Spotify executives, including the company's co-CEO, its founder and a former interim CFO, have held chief officer and senior vice president roles at Spotify. A reader can learn how Spotify executives lead their areas from people who have held these roles.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Norstrom
LinkedInExperience: Co-CEO · Spotify
Co-CEO of Spotify since January 2026, in Stockholm, a role the highlight lists in General Management at the C-Level. Former Co-President, Chief Business Officer (2023–2026), Chief Freemium Business Officer (2020–2023), Chief Premium Business Officer (2016–2020) and VP Subs (2015–2016) at Spotify.
Anna Lundström
LinkedInExperience: CHRO · Spotify
CHRO at Spotify since April 2025, and also VP HR, Spotify Business since 2023, in Stockholm. Former VP HR, Freemium BU and Global Units (2021–2023), VP HR, Americas, Advertising & Content BU (2019–2021) and Head of HR Americas (2017–2021) at Spotify.
Ben Kung
LinkedInExperience: Former Interim CFO · Spotify
Former Interim CFO at Spotify in 2024, and VP, Finance - Global Leader for FP&A, M&A, Data & PMO at Spotify since May 2025. Also held VP - Head of FP&A, Finance Data & Ops (2023–2025) and VP - Head of FP&A (2022–2023) at Spotify. The highlight says Ben combines financial analysis with data science for decisions on billion dollar deals.
Charlie Hellman
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Global Head of Music · Spotify
SVP, Global Head of Music at Spotify since October 2025, in New York City. Former VP, Global Head of Music Product (2021–2025), VP, Head of Marketplace (2017–2021), VP Product, Creator (2015–2017) and VP Product, Consumer Features (2012–2015) at Spotify.
Daniel Ek
LinkedInExperience: Executive Chairman · Spotify
Executive Chairman of Spotify since January 2026, after serving as Chairman & CEO of Spotify (2006–2026). Also Founder of Prima Materia since 2021 and Chairman & Co-Founder of Neko Health since 2018. The highlight describes Daniel as the founder and executive chairman of Spotify.
Dustee Jenkins
LinkedInExperience: Chief Public Affairs Officer · Spotify
Chief Public Affairs Officer at Spotify since November 2017; the highlight describes global leadership of public affairs including government relations, content policy, and internal and external communications. Former Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at Target (2010–2017).
John Giraldo
LinkedInExperience: Chief Accounting Officer · Spotify
Chief Accounting Officer at Spotify since May 2026. Former Executive Vice President, Global Controller (2019–2026) and Senior Vice President, Global Controller (2017–2019) at NBCUniversal, and Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at WME Speakers (2016–2017). Also a Board Member, Audit Committee at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences since 2022.
Sten Garmark
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience · Spotify
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify since October 2025, leading the global consumer proposition and experience across all platforms per the highlight. Former Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience (2016–2025), Vice President of Product Management (2013–2016) and Director of Platform (2011–2012) at Spotify.
Yves Raimond
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, AI & Personalization · Spotify
Senior Vice President, AI & Personalization at Spotify since January 2026; the highlight describes the role as SVP/GM for Personalization, a team of 500+. Former VP, AI and GM for AI Foundations at Spotify (2025–2026), Director of Engineering at Google (2022–2025) and Research/Engineering Director at Netflix (2017–2022).
Ziad Sultan
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Vice President of Personalization · Spotify
Former Senior Vice President of Personalization (2025–2026), Vice President of Personalization (2022–2025) and Sr Director of Product Management - Personalization (2019–2021) at Spotify; the highlight describes a team of 500+ behind recommendations in Home, Search, Daily Mix, Discover Weekly, Blend and Wrapped. Now Chief Product and Technology Officer at Function Health.
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- 02How did you work with the other executives when your area's goals competed with theirs?
- 03Looking back, what would you do differently if you took on the same role again?
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