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Doug Sweeny Led Nest and One Medical to $3 Billion Acquisitions
Oct 23, 2023
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Doug is driven by working for mission driven brands that have a positive impact on the world. He has led marketing, growth, membership, product and business development/revenue for iconic brands like Oura, One Medical, Nest, Levi's, adidas and General Motors EV1. He has done this across diverse businesses including electric vehicles, hardware tech, healthcare, sustainable energy services, membership models and apparel/footwear. From small start-ups, companies acquired/integrated and those scaling to an IPO. In '23 he was selected by Ad Age as Game Changer, in '21 he was selected by Business Insider as one of the top 27 CMO's in the World and in '18 by Forbes as a Top 50 CMO. He has deep experience leading companies growth strategy from early stage to mass adoption. At Oura he leads brand strategy, revenue growth for DTC, membership/global retail/product marketing, B2B marketing, advertising and creative. He led the same function at One Medical which was acquired by Amazon in ‘22 for $3.9B.

At Nest he led marketing from early start-up through Google's $3.2B acquisition onto becoming the leading connected home brand. Prior to joining Nest, Doug was VP of Global Marketing for Levi's and architect of the Go Forth campaign in which he was selected by Advertising Age in '11 as one of the Top 50 Innovative Marketers.

Before Levi's, Doug was the Managing Director of adidas Impossible Is Nothing business at TBWA/Chiat/Day and led marketing for GM's first electric vehicle EV1. Doug is a senior advisor to VC's, multiple Silicon Valley start­ups and is a guest lecturer at Stanford School of Business. He is on the Board of Advisors for iSchool at Syracuse University.

www.dougsweeny.com

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