Arif Gursel

Arif Gursel serves as the Global Head of Product Partnerships for YouTube Music & Premium at Google, focusing on innovative partnerships to enhance subscriber growth. Additionally, Gursel is the Founder of the Pan African Center for Empowerment, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for people of African heritage. Previous roles include Global Alliances Manager at Netflix, where Gursel managed strategic partnerships with Google, and Director of Product & Global Ecosystem Partnerships at Salesforce, leading a team that drove significant revenue growth. Gursel co-founded Floodgate Academy to provide technical education to underrepresented individuals and has held leadership positions in various startups, including as VP of Product at Point Inside and Chief Product Officer at SELECT-TV Solutions. Gursel holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Computer Science from Tuskegee University.