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Brian P. McAndrews is an Americanmarketing andadvertising executive, sports team owner who is a former chairman, chief executive officer and president ofPandora Media, Inc.
McAndrews served as product manager ofGeneral Mills, Inc. from 1984 to 1989.
In September 1999, McAndrews became the chief executive officer ofMicrosoft Advertising; in January 2000 he was named president. He also served as an executive officer of ABC Primetime Entertainment[1] and as executive vice president and general manager ofABC Sports, Inc. He served as chief executive officer of aQuantive Inc., from 1999 to 2007 and served as its president. In August 2007, McAndrews became the senior vice president of Advertiser & Publisher Solutions Group until December 2008.
He was a venture partner and partner and managing director of Madrona Venture Group, LLC from September 2009 to August 2013. He was employed at ABC Television Network. He serves as the chairman atGrubHub Inc. and has been its director since August 8, 2013.
From 2013 to 2016, McAndrews was chairman, chief executive officer and president of Pandora Media
McAndrews holds an M.B.A. fromStanford Graduate School of Business (1984) and an A.B. in economics fromHarvard College (1980).[2] McAndrews lives in theSeattle area with his wife, Elise Holschuh. They are part owners ofSeattle Sounders FC,.[3]
McAndrews was namedAdvertising Age's first-ever Digital Executive of the Year and was designated as one of the 30 most influential executives in the advertising, marketing and media world inAdweek's 30th Anniversary issue.