Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
CB Rank (Investor) 137,969
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Brian McAndrews served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Pandora Media, Inc. from September 2013 to March 2016.

Previously, Brian served as a Venture Partner with Madrona Venture Group, LLC, a venture capital firm, from 2012 to September 2013 and as a Managing Director of Madrona from 2009 to

2011.

From 2007 to 2008, Brian served as Senior Vice President of Advertiser and Publisher Solutions at Microsoft Corporation, a provider of software, services and solutions.

From 1997 to 2007, Brian served as Chief Executive Officer of aQuantive, a leading digital marketing services and technology company which was acquired by Microsoft in 2007.

Brian currently serves as Member of the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of The New York Times Company, a multimedia news and information company and as Member of the Board of Directors of GrubHub Inc., an online and mobile food-ordering company.

Brian previously served as as Member of the Board of Directors of Fisher Communications, Inc. from 2006 to 2013 and Clearwire Corporation from 2009 to 2013.

Brian earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and his A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard College.

Brian’s Pandora playlists reflect his love for Elton John, Billy Joel, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. On the contemporary side, his current favorites are Bruno Mars, Maroon 5 and Rihanna.

Number of Partner Investments 6
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Nov 30, 2012
Jobalign
Madrona
Series A - Jobalign
$1.5M
Oct 5, 2010
AppNexus
Microsoft
No
Series C - AppNexus
$50M
Apr 30, 2010
AdReady
Madrona
Series C - AdReady
$5.3M
Apr 13, 2010
Searchandise Commerce
Madrona
Yes
Venture Round - Searchandise Commerce
$7M
Dec 1, 2007
AdReady
Madrona
No
Series B - AdReady
$10M
Jul 1, 2007
AdReady
Madrona
Yes
Series A - AdReady
$2M
Number of Past Jobs 5
Brian McAndrews has had 5 past jobs including President & CEO at Pandora.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Pandora
President & CEOSep 11, 2013Mar 28, 2016
Madrona
Venture PartnerSep 2009Aug 2013
Madrona
MDJan 2009Aug 2012
Microsoft
SVP - Advertiser & Publisher SolutionsFeb 2007Dec 2008
aQuantive
CEOJan 1997Jan 2007
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 4
Brian McAndrews holds 5 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Teladoc Health, Member of the Board of Directors at The New York Times, and Member of the Board of Directors at Grubhub.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Amplero
Board MemberOct 1, 2016May 2020
Pandora
Member of the Board of DirectorsSep 2013Mar 2016
Fisher Communications
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2006Jan 2013
Clearwire
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2009Jan 2013
Number of Events 1
Brian McAndrews has participated in 1 event, IGNITION: Future Of Digital on Dec 1, 2014.