Jon Kraft is an American business executive best known as a co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and its former CEO.
Additionally, he has previously worked for a number of technology companies including, Oracle Corporation, CoreObjects Software, Ubermedia, and Auryn, Inc.[3] He currently serves as the Chairman of Thrively, managing partner of LiftOff LLC and the Chief Executive Officer of MuMo, Inc. Kraft was born in Brooklyn and raised in Plainview, New York.
[4]: 96 In 2002, Kraft joined at CoreObjects Software and served as the Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing until 2005.
He co-founded Big Stage Entertainment along with Jonathan Strietzel and Jon Snoddy and served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2006 and 2010.
[9] The company was named by Forbes in 2009 as one of “America’s 20 Most Promising Companies.” [10] From 2010 to 2012, Kraft served as Chief Operating Officer of Ubermedia, an independent developer of social mobile applications and was a member of the founding team.