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Dawn Ostroff
Former Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer at Spotify

Key Experience and Qualifications

Ms. Ostroff brings to Mattel more than 35 years of experience in media, entertainment, and advertising with a proven track record of growing and transforming companies to meet the expectations of new generations of consumers. Ms. Ostroff was most recently the Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer at Spotify, where she oversaw all global content, content operations, and advertising revenue for the company, more than tripling the company’s advertising revenue during her leadership. Prior to her role at Spotify, Ms. Ostroff founded Condé Nast Entertainment, where she served as President and launched its digital video business, built its technology and advertising teams, and established the feature film and television divisions which developed IP from the company’s iconic brands.

Director Since: 2024

Committee Memberships
Compensation Committee

Career Highlights
Spotify Technology S.A., an audio streaming service

  • Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer (2018 – 2023)

Condé Nast Entertainment, an entertainment studio and distribution network

  • President (2011 – 2018)

The CW Network, LLC, a joint venture of CBS and Warner Bros.

  • President of Entertainment (2006 – 2011)

UPN Network, a subsidiary of CBS

  • President (2002 – 2006)

Lifetime Television, a cable TV network

  • Executive Vice President of Entertainment (1996 – 2002)

Other U.S. Public Company Directorships

  • Sweetgreen, Inc. since June 2025

Additional Leadership Experience and Service

  • Board Member, New York University since 2014
  • Director, Paramount Global (May 2023 – June 2024)
  • Director, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (August 2020 – October 2023)
  • Board of Governors, The Paley Center for Media (2020 – 2022)
  • Director, Anonymous Content (Emerson Collective Parent Company) (2018 – 2020)
  • Director, Westfield Corporation (March 2016 – February 2018)