David Kenny
American businessperson and board member, director of Nielsen1
David Kenny is an American businessman and the former CEO of Nielsen Holdings. He was formerly the CEO of The Weather Company and senior vice president of IBM's Watson & Cloud platform.2
From Wikipedia’s article on David Kenny (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1961.1
Companies
- Flutter EntertainmentBoard member May 29, 2026 to now7
- Best BuyBoard member 2013 to now8
- Nielsen CompanyBoard member Dec 3, 2018 to Oct 13, 20229
- Nielsen CompanyChief executive officer Dec 3, 2018 to Oct 13, 20229
- AltabaBoard member Apr 5, 2011 to Oct 2, 201210
- Akamai TechnologiesPresident Nov 19, 2010 to Sep 9, 201111
- Akamai TechnologiesBoard member Jul 18, 2007 to Sep 9, 201112
Holdings
Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.
Shares held
Best Buy BBY56,520 shares13$5.2M at $92.86Jun 12, 2026
Flutter Entertainment FLUT2,071 shares14$156.5K at $75.59Jun 2, 2026
Nielsen Company NLSN0 shares15Oct 11, 2022
As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.
Recent filings
- Jun 12, 2026Granted 4,330 shares of Best Buy13
- Jun 2, 2026Granted 2,071 shares of Flutter Entertainment14
- Jun 13, 2025Granted 4,886 shares of Best Buy16
- Jun 12, 2024Granted 3,821 shares of Best Buy17
- Jun 14, 2023Granted 2,545 shares of Best Buy18
- Oct 11, 2022Returned to company 1,439,435 shares at $28.00 of Nielsen Company15
- Oct 11, 2022Granted 552,545 shares of Nielsen Company15
- Sep 2, 2022Granted 849 shares of Nielsen Company19
- Jun 16, 2022Granted 1,085 shares of Nielsen Company20
- Jun 9, 2022Granted 2,603 shares of Best Buy21
- Mar 18, 2022Shares withheld for tax 25,050 shares at $24.44 of Nielsen Company22
- Mar 18, 2022Shares withheld for tax 38 shares at $23.92 of Nielsen Company22
- Mar 17, 2022Granted 1,180 shares of Nielsen Company22
- Mar 11, 2022Shares withheld for tax 15,209 shares at $17.51 of Nielsen Company23
- Mar 1, 2022Granted 176,707 shares of Nielsen Company24
- Mar 1, 2022Shares withheld for tax 14,246 shares at $17.43 of Nielsen Company25
- Jan 3, 2022Shares withheld for tax 24,059 shares at $20.51 of Nielsen Company26
- Jan 3, 2022Granted 58,377 shares of Nielsen Company26
- Dec 31, 2021Shares withheld for tax 92,858 shares at $20.51 of Nielsen Company27
- Dec 3, 2021Shares withheld for tax 31,020 shares at $19.75 of Nielsen Company28
- Dec 2, 2021Granted 1,671 shares of Nielsen Company28
Early life and education
- Date not recordedKettering University3
Kenny was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1961. He earned a bachelor's degree from Kettering University (then the General Motors Institute) in 1984 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986.
From Wikipedia’s article on David Kenny (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Kenny worked as a consultant at Bain & Company between 1987 and 1997. In 1997 he became the CEO of Digitas, leading the company through an initial public offering in 2000 and its acquisition by Publicis Groupe in 2007. He was the president of Akamai Technologies and resigned from this position on October 26, 2011.
In January 2012, Kenny replaced Mike Kelly as CEO of The Weather Company and served as chairman of the board. When The Weather Company was acquired by IBM in 2016, Kenny became the senior Vice President of IBM's Watson & Cloud platform.
Kenny joined Nielsen as CEO in December 2018. In September 2023, he was succeeded by Karthik Rao and assumed the role of executive chairman.
From Wikipedia’s article on David Kenny (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataDavid Kenny on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDavid Kenny on Wikipedia
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- 7SEC EDGARFlutter Entertainment, Board member
- 8Wikidata and SEC EDGARBest Buy, Board member
- 9SEC EDGARNielsen Company, Board member
- 10SEC EDGARAltaba, Board member
- 11SEC EDGARAkamai Technologies, President
- 12SEC EDGARAkamai Technologies, Board member
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- 16SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jun 17, 2025
- 17SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jun 14, 2024
- 18SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jun 16, 2023
- 19SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Sep 6, 2022
- 20SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jun 21, 2022
- 21SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jun 10, 2022
- 22SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Mar 21, 2022
- 23SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Mar 14, 2022
- 24SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Mar 7, 2022
- 25SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Mar 3, 2022
- 26SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jan 5, 2022
- 27SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Jan 3, 2022
- 28SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Dec 6, 2021
- 29Wikimedia CommonsDavid Kenny photo by Guerin Blask/IBM España, PDM-owner