David Kenny (executive)
David Kenny | |
|---|---|
 David Kenny in 2017 | |
| Born | 1961 |
| Education | Kettering University Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | former CEO of The Weather Channel, former CEO of Nielsen Company |
| Title | Executive chairmain, Nielsen |
David Kenny is an American businessman and the former
Cloud
platform.
Early life and education
Kenny was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1961.
Career
Kenny worked as a consultant at
Publicis Groupe in 2007.[3][4] He was the president of Akamai Technologies and resigned from this position on October 26, 2011.[5][6]
In January 2012, Kenny replaced
Cloud platform.[9]
Kenny joined Nielsen as CEO in December 2018. In September 2023, he was succeeded by Karthik Rao and assumed the role of executive chairman.[10]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781119278085. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (November 20, 2018). "Nielsen Names IBM Exec David Kenny CEO". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Hennessey, Raymond (March 14, 2000). "Digitas Shares Move Higher After Initial Public Offering". WSJ. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ Pfanner, Eric (December 20, 2006). "Publicis buys Digitas, an online marketer, for $1.3 million". Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ Facts & Figures. Akamai.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2017.
- ^ Ovide, Shira (October 26, 2011). "Is This Man Campaigning for the Yahoo CEO Job?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ Vranica, Suzanne; Schechner, Sam (January 25, 2012). "Weather Channel Taps Digital Expert as CEO". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ Newsroom | The Weather Company. Press.weather.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2017.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (January 29, 2016). "IBM Closes Weather Co. Purchase, Names David Kenny New Head Of Watson Platform". TechCrunch.
- ^ Cobb, Kayla (September 14, 2023). "Nielsen CEO David Kenny Exits, Karthik Rao Promoted". TheWrap. Retrieved January 19, 2024.