Jared Grusd, '00: Named Chief Strategy Officer at Snap, Parent Company of Snapchat
Snap Taps Amazon Exec Jeremi Gorman, HuffPost CEO Jared Grusd
Snapchat corporate parent Snap has poached Amazon advertising executive Jeremi Gorman as its new chief business officer while also appointing former Huffington Post CEO Jared Grusd as its new chief strategy officer.
The two executives are effectively replacing Snap’s outgoing chief strategy officer Imran Khan, who had announced his departure in September.
“I’m proud to have Jeremi and Jared join our team, where they will play an important part in shaping the next chapter for Snap,” CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in an email to Snap employees.
Grusd had been leading HuffPost as CEO for the past three years. Before that, he worked for four years as Spotify’s general counsel and global head of corporate development. Other previous stints included executive positions at AOL and Google.
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