Gustav Söderström - Co-President & Chief Product and Technology Officer, Spotify. Tracked across 65 mentions in podcasts and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.
Gustav Söderström believes Apple's functional organization avoids internal politics and succeeds due to the extremely long tenure of its senior leadership, which fosters high trust.
As co-CEOs, Gustav Söderström and Alex Nordström implemented a new operational model at Spotify called "synchronized swimming," which replaced Daniel Ek's previous approach.
As part of a three-year succession plan, Daniel Ek appointed Gustav Söderström and Alex Nordström as co-presidents to run the day-to-day operations of Spotify before they became co-CEOs.