Robert Kyncl has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group Corp., effective January 1, 2023. Kyncl currently serves as Chief Business Officer at YouTube, where he's been instrumental in its phenomenal growth across all platforms. To ensure a smooth leadership transition, Kyncl and current WMG CEO Steve Cooper will serve as Co-CEOs for the month of January 2023. As of February 1, 2023, Kyncl will become sole CEO of WMG and assume Cooper's board seat on WMG's Board of Directors.

Since 2010, Kyncl has played a central role in YouTube's strategy and its impact on entertainment and culture, including overseeing its creative and commercial partnerships, as well as its operations. He's driven the development and expansion of YouTube's creator, artist, and media company ecosystem, while helping lead the launch of its paid subscription services, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube TV. Prior to YouTube, Kyncl spent seven years at Netflix, where he led the push into streaming film and TV content, helping the company evolve into an entertainment giant. Cooper is the longest-running CEO in WMG's history, having been appointed in August 2011, following the purchase of the company by Len Blavatnik's Access Industries.

During Cooper's leadership, the company has expanded its investment in artists and songwriters, grown its global market share, and diversified its revenue sources. The first music entertainment company to report streaming as its largest source of recorded music revenue, WMG has now established a reputation as a Web 3.0 innovator. In the last decade, the company has acquired companies such as Parlophone Label Group, Gold Typhoon, Spinnin', and 300, launched operations in over 20 additional countries, and assembled a network of D2C destinations under the WMX banner.

Recruited by Netflix in 2003 to work on its DVD-by-mail business, Kyncl volunteered to explore the potential of streaming video in 2005 and helped deliver the debut of Netflix's streaming service in 2007. Having forged wide-ranging relationships across entertainment culture, he joined YouTube in 2010. He began his career in the mailroom of a talent agency, J. Michael Bloom, and then worked for HBO International, before joining a kids entertainment start-up, ALFY.

He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in International Relations from SUNY New Paltz.