Bozoma Saint John

Bozoma "Boz" Saint John is a businesswoman, entrepreneur, and author who was formerly the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix. At the beginning of her career, Saint John started marketing at Spike Lee’s advertising agency, Spike DDB. She then went on to manage brands within the PepsiCo beverages portfolio before becoming Head of Music and Entertainment Marketing at the CPG giant. She was then Head of Global Consumer Marketing at Apple Music & iTunes. She then went on to serve as Chief Brand Officer at Uber before taking on the CMO role for Endeavor.

Saint John’s career has been marked by induction into Billboard’s Women in Music Hall of Fame (2018) and the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement (2014), as well as recognition on The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100 list (2018) and on Forbes’ World’s Most Influential CMOs list (2018). Saint John has also been featured on the cover of Adweek as “one of the most exciting personalities in advertising” and on lists ranging from Fast Company’s and Ad Age’s Most Creative People to Ebony’s 100 Powerful Executives, Black Enterprise’s Most Powerful Women in Business and Fortune’s Most Influential CMOs.

During the 2020 Spring semester, Professor Frances Frei of Harvard Business School used Saint John’s successful marketing career as a case study in her MBA class, "Leading Difference." Saint John appeared as a guest lecturer for the Harvard MBA students, delving deep into the tactical and pivotal marketing moves she made throughout her career, which she now credits as intrinsic to her success.

Most recently, Saint John launched a podcast alongside award-winning journalist Katie Couric, "Back to Biz with Katie and Boz," which explores the ways thought leaders, CEOs, and innovators are responding to the societal shifts ushered in by the coronavirus pandemic. In 2023, she published her memoir "The Urgent Life," and the following year, she joined the cast of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" as a rookie housewife for season 14. Saint John’s philanthropic efforts include representing Pencils of Promise as a Global Ambassador to Ghana and serving on the boards of Girls Who Code and Vital Voices.