Gustav Söderström - Chief of Research and Design

Gustav Söderström is Chief of Research and Design officer at Spotify since 2017. In Söderström’s position, he heads Spotify’s global product, engineering, design, data, and technology teams. Söderström manages the productivity of global teams that create Spotify’s innovative products. His work ensures that Spotify products remain differentiated and competitive in the growing music market.

Söderström’s management expertise began long before he joined Spotify. Söderström founded Kenet Works, a company that created community software for mobile phones in 2003. He served as the company’s CEO until it was sold to Yahoo! in 2006. Söderström moved to working as the Director of Product Management and Business Development at Yahoo! after the sale. He has also simultaneously served as an advisor for Tictail, a popular online shopping website, since 2013.