Kristin Cabot caught in viral video: CEO quits, spouse reacts; scandal rocks Boston elite
Kristin Cabot, the HR government of Astronomer embroiled in a “dishonest” scandal as she was caught cuddling the corporate’s CEO Andy Byron in a video that’s now going viral on social media.The incident has led to Byron deleting his LinkedIn profile and stepping down as the corporate’s CEO, whereas his spouse has dropped the Byron surname throughout social media. Cabot is reportedly married to one of many oldest and wealthiest households in Boston and seems to be married to Andrew Cabot, proprietor of Privateer Rum, as per social media posts.The Cabot household is reportedly one of many authentic “Boston Brahmin” lineages, an elite old-money New England clan whose wealth originated within the carbon black trade. The “carbon black” as recognized colloquially is a sooty ingredient utilized in automobile tires that stretches again the household’s roots within the area for ten generations.In Boston, the Cabot household’s prominence is so legendary that locals usually say, “The Cabots speak solely to God.””And that is good previous Boston/ The house of the bean and the cod/ The place the Lowells speak solely to Cabots/ And the Cabots speak solely to God.” says a widely known native poem, experiences the New York Put up. The Cabots had been a household of seafarers and retailers with historic data indicating their involvement in each slave commerce and opium commerce. Over time, varied relations have performed key roles in a variety of companies all through New England, together with the rum firm.The Cabot household fortune has endured throughout generations and was estimated at $200 million in a 1972 New York Instances profile, the equal of roughly $15.4 billion in 2025.Kristin Cabot was a member of the “advisory board” at Privateer Rum since 2020 as per her now-deleted LinkedIn profile. She joined Astronomer roughly seven months in the past as Chief Individuals Officer.Cabot was beforehand married to Kenneth Thornby and so they divorced in 2022.
