Fortune | FORTUNE 07月18日 06:08
A CEO was caught hugging his chief product officer during a Coldplay concert—and people are furious
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一位科技公司CEO在演唱会上与非妻子的女性公开亲密互动,视频在社交媒体疯传,引发网络热议。视频显示,该CEO在乐队的巨型屏幕上与公司人事主管一同出现,并被主持人调侃。事件曝光后,CEO的妻子删除了社交媒体账号,并去掉了丈夫的姓氏。公司方面暂时未对此事做出回应,但已关闭了其社交媒体账号的评论功能。该事件在LinkedIn等平台也引起广泛关注,网友纷纷评论,其中不乏对CEO行为的批评和对乐队歌曲的引用。

🌟 事件起因:科技公司Astronomer的CEO Andy Byron在一次演唱会上与公司人事主管Kristin Cabot的亲密互动视频被曝光,并迅速在社交媒体上走红,引发了广泛关注和争议。

🎶 现场反应与公众传播:在演唱会现场,乐队主唱Chris Martin对两人的互动进行了调侃,加之视频在TikTok等平台传播,观看量迅速破2000万,使得事件公众化。

💔 家庭影响与网络搜索:事件发酵后,Andy Byron的妻子Megan Kerrigan Byron删除了Facebook账号,并在删除前去掉了丈夫的姓氏,显示出该事件对其家庭已造成影响。网友通过搜索迅速识别了视频中的人物。

🏢 公司与高管回应:Astronomer公司已关闭其社交媒体账号的评论功能,并未对此事作出官方回应。CEO Byron和人事主管Cabot也未对媒体的评论请求作出回应。

🌐 舆论发酵与平台表现:除了TikTok,事件还在LinkedIn等平台引发讨论,网友评论CEO的行为,甚至引用了乐队的歌词进行调侃,显示出事件在不同社交媒体平台上的传播和互动。

A tech CEO is at the center of internet controversy after a video from a stadium jumbotron of him embracing a woman who is not his wife went viral on social media.  

The clip, posted on TikTok Thursday, appears to show Astronomer CEO Andy Byron holding his company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, in his arms at a Boston Coldplay concert. Byron is seen in the video clutching Cabot from behind as the pair smiles in the Gillette Stadium crowd. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin can be heard saying “Oh look at these two,” as they appear on the jumbotron, only for Cabot to quickly cover her face and turn away while Byron ducks to avoid the cameras. 

Martin reacted saying, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy” as the crowd cheered and laughed. The band played at the Boston venue Tuesday and Wednesday night.

After the video went viral, receiving more than 20 million views, internet sleuths identified the duo as Byron and Cabot. Byron, who is married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, has a home near Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. He and Kerrigan also appear to have two sons. It is unclear if Kerrigan also attended the concert.

Kerrigan’s Facebook page has since been deleted after users inundated her account with comments regarding the viral clip of her husband. Prior to its deletion, she removed her husband’s last name from her profile. 

She did not respond to a Fortune request for comment.

Coldplay’s X account joined in on the internet debate posting to the platform: “Starting with our next show, we’re introducing camera-free audience sections for people and their sidepieces.”

Upon identifying Byron as the assumed man in the video, dozens of users on LinkedIn flocked to his profile criticizing the executive, some with Coldplay lyric puns, in a pile-on more commonly seen on X or Facebook than the social network for job-seekers and aspiring thought leaders.

“Lights did not guide Andy home,” one comment seen by Fortune read, referencing the band’s song “Fix You.”

Meanwhile another commenter simply asked, “Who is the lady on the jumbotron, Andy?”

Byron, according to his now-deleted LinkedIn account, graduated from Providence College and ultimately became CEO of Astronomer in 2023.

Astronomer is a private data infrastructure and operations company that achieved unicorn status in 2022 with a $1 billion or more valuation. The company recently moved its headquarters to New York City, and secured $93 million in series D funding in a round led by Bain Capital Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. 

Cabot, according to her now-defunct LinkedIn, also uses the last name “Thornby” and joined Astronomer in November 2024. She previously worked at ObserveIT, Neo4j, and Proofpoint. Public records suggest she has been married at least once. Her current marital status, however, could not be confirmed. 

In a LinkedIn post seen by Fortune announcing her hiring, Byron praised Cabot’s “exceptional leadership and deep expertise in talent management, employee engagement, and scaling people strategies.”

Astronomer has since turned comments off on its social media accounts and is yet to respond to the controversy.  

Astronomer, Byron, and Cabot did not respond to a Fortune request for comment. 

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