Award nominees
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The marketers who made a big impact in 2026, as nominated by their peers
The marketers who made a big impact in 2026, as nominated by their peers
The marketers who made a big impact in 2026, as nominated by their peers
Nominate who you believe in.
Head of Content at Wispr Flow
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Samsara
Sen. Director Growth Marketing @CloudTalk

Head of Community at Corgi
Vice President of Content Strategy at Night Media

CMO at Photon

VP of Marketing at Factory; investor through Phamily Office

Growth Marketing Lead at LlamaIndex
VP of Marketing at LlamaIndex
Co-Founder and CEO of Cluely
Chief Marketing Officer at Harvey; former CMO at Notion
Head of Marketing at Vizcom
Investor at Positive Sum; writer at Colossus
VP of Marketing at Abridge

Startup Ecosystem at Clay; Advisor to Upstarts Media
Operating Partner leading Growth Advisory at Andreessen Horowitz
CMO at Lovable

Creative Experimentation Lead at Ramp; two-time founder
Brand and growth at turbopuffer; Mad Realities co-founder
Co-founder and CEO of MTS
Head of Enterprise & Brand Marketing at Ramp
Creative Partner at a16z

Chief Marketing Officer at Stripe
Head of Marketing at Etherealize; previously at Securitize and Citi
Chief Marketing Officer at Instacart
Former Chief Marketing Officer at DoorDash
Chief Marketing Officer at Replit
Interim Chief Marketing Officer at Replit
Growth and Marketing at Reducto
Social Lead at Notion and Internet Empires host
GTM Advisor at Scale Venture Partners; former CMO at Notion and Grammarly
Marketing at Cognition; formerly growth at Rippling
Propaganda builder; investor at Strobe Ventures
New Media at a16z; creative director, marketer, photographer, and founder
Director of Social at DoorDash

Strategic engagement and brand at Palantir
Chief Marketing Officer at Databricks
Chief Marketing Officer at Airbnb; former COO of Meta Reality Labs
Head of Marketing at Cognition; former VP of Marketing at Rippling
CMO at Eco, co-founder of SONARA, and strategic advisor to technology companies.
Growth at Corgi; community and events
Microsoft advisor; former CMO of Microsoft AI and Pinterest

Writes about distribution and online marketing
Chief Marketing Officer at Coinbase
SVP, Marketing at Amplitude and Statsig
Operating Partner and Head of Marketing at XYZ Venture Capital

Marketing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz focused on building a16z speedrun
Marketing at Linear; founder of Nodes Ventures
Founding GTM & Creative Director at Lemma; growth and community at Photon
San Francisco Lead at Christians*inTech
Awards are the opinion of the nominee and should not be perceived as a recommendation or endorsement of a16z.