Grace Kao

Grace Kao is Head of Global Business Marketing for Instagram. With over 20 years of
marketing and advertising experience, Ms. Kao brings a diverse base of media expertise.
Instagram enables brands to be at the intersection of creativity and culture. Grace leads
Instagram business marketing, helping millions of brands around the world connect with
Instagram’s vibrant community of 1 billion people in more meaningful and effective ways.
Grace has led award winning campaigns for iconic brands such as Pepsi, Sony PlayStation, HP,
Crate Barrel, and Apple. Her experience includes working at creative agencies such as TBWA ChiatDay and Goodby, Silverstein Partners. Before joining Instagram, Grace served as VP, Sales Marketing at Pandora and Consumer Marketing Director at Yahoo. Grace has a master’s degree in Communications from Stanford University, and resides in San Francisco, California with her husband and two children.