Marianne Gambelli serves as President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships for Fox Corporation. In this role, she oversees Ad Sales efforts across the company’s portfolio of brands and platforms, including FOX Entertainment, FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes, FOX News Media, which includes FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network, Tubi and TMZ. Under her leadership, FOX achieved unprecedented revenue during the 2022-23 Upfront, and FOX Sports delivered record-breaking revenue for Super Bowls LIV (2020) and LVII (2023).
Before assuming her current role in March 2019, Ms. Gambelli served as President of Advertising Sales for FOX News and FOX Business Network. During her tenure, FOX News experienced record years in advertising sales for both 2017 and 2018.
Prior to FOX, Ms. Gambelli served as Chief Investment Officer at Horizon Media, where she managed its $7 billion investment portfolio and a team of over 350 investment specialists to actively develop key new business acquisitions across top tier brands. Ms. Gambelli joined the company in 2012 from NBCUniversal, where she most recently held the title of President of Sales and Marketing. During her 22-year tenure at NBC, she oversaw partnerships and strategy across NBC’s News, Sports and Entertainment brands, optimizing its $7 billion in media investments.
Ms. Gambelli has been lauded with numerous professional awards, and most recently, was honored by the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) Hall of Mentorship. She also has been named to the Adweek 50 list, recognized with the Multichannel News Wonder Women Award and cited by Advertising Age as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising, among others. While at NBC Universal, she was a member of GE’s Women’s Network, a Division NBCUniversal Leader and a Leader in the company’s Commercial Leadership Program.
A graduate of Pace University with a Bachelor of Business degree in marketing, Ms. Gambelli began her career on the agency side, working for Grey Advertising and Backer Spielvogel Bates. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Degree from Pace Pleasantville Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and the Center for Communication and is Chairman of the IRTS Foundation.