Jan Grønbech

Jan brings over two decades of executive leadership and a reputation as a digital pioneer to Sunstone.

He has played a key role in the digital transformation of the Nordic media landscape. He was part of making Aftenposten’s first online newspaper, before leading the development of early internet advertising through Scandinavia Online and DoubleClick. He served 14 years as the head of Google in Norway, scaling the company through 58 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.

For Jan, Sunstone represents a return to the mission-driven social responsibility that ignited his early career: the belief that the most advanced technology should be used to democratize information and solve the world's most difficult problems. A graduate of Ohio State University and INSEAD, Jan’s leadership style is focused on building diverse, high-functioning teams and removing the roadblocks that hinder innovation.

While he identifies as a private person, he is not afraid of a challenge; he once performed Frank Sinatra’s "My Way" on the Bellagio stage in Las Vegas in front of 7,000 people. Currently, he is learning a new language, Spanish, maintaining a 1490-day streak in DuoLingo