Ross Adams is CEO of Acast, the world’s leading independent podcast company. He has driven Acast’s advertiser, creator and product-first mission for more than a decade, which has attracted more than 140,000 creators to Acast - including household names, major publishers and a whole range of unique and diverse voices. Collectively they generate 1 billion listens each quarter, and attract thousands of advertisers big and small, from every type of brand and organization. Under his leadership, Acast has paid out more than $440 million to podcasters. A former Spotify executive - where he helped launch the then-startup in 2008, he was later tasked with expanding Spotify’s international operations, growing the business across 59 markets and building multi-million dollar revenue streams. He founded Acast UK in 2014 before becoming CEO of the business globally in 2017.