{"id":92647,"date":"2025-07-25T23:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/92647\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T23:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:50:29","slug":"kristin-cabot-hr-chief-of-tech-firm-astronomer-embroiled-in-ceo-affair-scandal-reportedly-married-to-another-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/92647\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Cabot, HR chief of tech firm Astronomer, embroiled in CEO affair scandal, reportedly married to another executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Normal\">Cabot, 52, whose maiden name is Stanek, and Andrew, 54, the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based booze maker, have reportedly shared an address in the U.S.&#8217;s state of New Hampshire since at least 2023, since at least 2023, according to property records obtained by the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">The couple purchased a four-bedroom, two-story house in February for $2.2 million, with the records showing their co-ownership of the property. However, the exact details of their marriage could not be independently confirmed by the publication.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristin Cabot and Andy Byron were seen cozied up during Coldplay concert. Photo from Facebook\" data-natural-h=\"1440\" data-natural-width=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-2025-07-21T162026-036-9458-8134-1753089721.jpg\" class=\"vne_lazy_image\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-2025-07-21T162026-036-9458-8134-1753089721.jpg\" data-original-2x=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21T162026-036-9458-8134-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=m0xko8sFFJjcp3dGo7EGHA\" data-original-video=\"\" data-vertical=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21T162026-036-9458-8134-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=m0xko8sFFJjcp3dGo7EGHA\" data-horizontal=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21T162026-036-9458-8134-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=m0xko8sFFJjcp3dGo7EGHA\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"Image\">Kristin Cabot and Andy Byron were seen cozied up during Coldplay concert. Photo from Facebook<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p class=\"Normal\">Kristin\u2019s now-deleted LinkedIn account indicated that she had served as an &#8220;advisory board member&#8221; at Privateer Rum since September 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">Newly surfaced photos also show Kristin wearing a wedding ring, posing alongside Andrew and two young children, as reported by Page Six. In a separate image from the same album, Andrew is also seen wearing a wedding band on his left hand, which was shared by a relative on Facebook in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">Kristin\u2019s personal life gained significant public attention after a viral video surfaced of her with Astronomer\u2019s former CEO Andy at a Coldplay concert in Boston. A TikTok clip from the event <a href=\"https:\/\/e.vnexpress.net\/news\/tech\/personalities\/coldplay-kiss-cam-catches-married-astronomer-ceo-andrew-byron-getting-cozy-with-hr-chief-triggers-viral-frenzy-4916440.html\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">captured the two canoodling<\/a>, prompting Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to joke, &#8220;Either they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristin Cabot pictured wearing a wedding ring next to Andrew Cabot, CEO of Privateer Rum. Photo from Facebook\" data-natural-h=\"638\" data-natural-width=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-2025-07-21t161839-275-1246-6777-1753089721.jpg\" class=\"vne_lazy_image\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-2025-07-21t161839-275-1246-6777-1753089721.jpg\" data-original-2x=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21t161839-275-1246-6777-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=-vH9MEvbZ0DUj6DnRThzHw\" data-original-video=\"\" data-vertical=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21t161839-275-1246-6777-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=-vH9MEvbZ0DUj6DnRThzHw\" data-horizontal=\"https:\/\/vcdn1-english.vnecdn.net\/2025\/07\/21\/download-2025-07-21t161839-275-1246-6777-1753089721.jpg?w=680&amp;h=0&amp;q=100&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=-vH9MEvbZ0DUj6DnRThzHw\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"Image\">Kristin Cabot pictured wearing a wedding ring next to Andrew Cabot, CEO of Privateer Rum. Photo from Facebook<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p class=\"Normal\">The video quickly went viral, leading to widespread speculation about their relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">Following the incident, both Kristin and Andy were placed on immediate leave from their respective roles at the New York-based software firm, according to a source speaking to Axios on July 18. The following day, the company confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/e.vnexpress.net\/news\/tech\/personalities\/astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-resigns-after-viral-coldplay-concert-video-caught-him-getting-cozy-with-hr-chief-4916505.html\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy had resigned as CEO<\/a>, with co-founder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy assuming the role of interim CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">Kristin, who was previously married to Kenneth Thornby, finalized her divorce in 2022, according to Massachusetts court records. Meanwhile, Andy appeared to be married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, who removed his surname from her social media accounts before deleting her profiles entirely amid a wave of public backlash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cabot, 52, whose maiden name is Stanek, and Andrew, 54, the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,61274,607,61273,49363,61275,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-92647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-embroiled-in-ceo-affair-scandal","10":"tag-entrepreneurship","11":"tag-hr-chief-of-tech-firm-astronomer","12":"tag-kristin-cabot","13":"tag-reportedly-married-to-another-executive-vnexpress-international","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114916558353882900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}