Steven Kydd

Steven is the co-founder of Tastemade and runs the company’s international businesses across Asia/Pacific, EMEA, and Latin/South America. He manages both regional teams and local production studios across three continents, creating original programming in seven different languages and programming Tastemade channels across all major digital, mobile, and OTT platforms. Steven also oversees the company’s international brand extensions in new retail, commerce, and experiences.

Prior to Tastemade, Steven was a part of the founding team at Demand Media, a digital media company which had an IPO on the NYSE in 2011. He has also held executive roles with Yahoo!, 20th Century Fox, and Macro International.

Steven was born, raised, and educated in Maine, though has lived in eight different countries throughout his career. He graduated from the University of Maine with study abroad in Grenoble, France and the Free University in Berlin, Germany, including a work/study program at the Treuhandanstalt in Berlin, the agency that privatized former East German enterprises.