Barry McCarthy
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Barry McCarthy
Finance and operations executive known for running subscription businesses like sports teams. Career arc: CFO of Netflix (April 1999–Dec 2010, where he modeled subscriber economics before cohort analysis was standard), CFO of Spotify (July 2015–Jan 2020, leading its direct IPO), then CEO of Peloton starting February 2022 — brought in for a $800M+ cost-saving turnaround. His edge: understanding customer cohort economics and lifetime value in recurring-revenue businesses before those frameworks were mainstream. Summarized in ☁️ Who is Barry McCarthy… (tweet).
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