Kelly Bennett

Kelly Bennett joined the Ancestry Supervisory Board in June 2019. He is also a Supervisory Board member of German fashion retailer Zalando and is an executive advisor to Spotify and Microsoft/ XBOX. Prior to this, Bennett served as the Netflix CMO where he led global Marketing PR, Publicity and Social Media across more than 150 countries. Bennett had overall responsibility for member Netflix growth including launching entertainment franchises such as House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Stranger Things and more. Prior to joining Netflix, Kelly spent nearly a decade with Warner Bros. Pictures where he served as Vice President Digital Marketing within the World Wide Marketing team leading international digital campaigns for movie titles like Harry Potter, Inception, 300, Sherlock Holmes, and many more. He previously held executive positions at Dow Jones International, Ignition Media and online marketing agency Cimex Media. Bennett also served as a digital media advisor to President Obama and the White House Communications team in 2015. He was marked as one of the 5 CMOs to watch by The Wall Street Journal and ExecRank listed him as the top ranking CMO of 2015 based on business performance.