John Marks
John Marks has been the Global Head of Country at Spotify since 2015. He moved to Nashville in 2010 to work at SiriusXM, where he became Head of Country Music Programming. During his tenure at SiriusXM, he brought The Highway to prominence and helped bring artists like Florida Georgia Line, Old Dominion, Kelsea Ballerini, Chase Rice, and Russell Dickerson to a national audience. Marks recently decided to step away from his powerful position on Spotify to launch new endeavors, including a brand new website: https://www.johnmarks.me
We talk about his rise in the industry, why he decided to leave Spotify, what's on the horizon, and so much more.