Grace Kao
Grace Kao
CMO
Snap Inc.
Biography
With over 20 years of marketing and advertising experience, Grace is Snap’s Chief Marketing Officer, enabling brands around the world to connect with Snap’s nearly 950 million monthly users in meaningful and effective ways. She has led award-winning campaigns for iconic brands such as Pepsi, PlayStation, Crate & Barrel, and Apple. Most recently, she led Spotify Advertising’s ‘Spreadbeats’ B2B campaign, which was one of the most awarded campaigns in 2024 and 2025, across multiple categories for consumer and business at the One Show and Cannes Lions, including a Grand Prix. Grace was also named on ADWEEK’s Top 50 Indispensable Business Leaders. Before joining Snap, she served as Head of Global Business Marketing for Spotify and Instagram across businesses and creators. Grace has a master’s degree in communications from Stanford University and resides in San Francisco, California, USA, with her husband, two children and cat.