Kristin Cabot, Astronomer HR Exec, On Leave After Viral Incident; Married To Privateer Rum Heir.

Kristin Cabot, the HR executive whose personal scandal recently went viral, is reportedly married into one of Boston’s most elite and historic families.

Cabot is currently on leave from her role at the tech company Astronomer after an embarrassing public incident—captured on the Jumbotron—sparked widespread attention. According to social media posts, she’s married to Andrew Cabot, owner of Privateer Rum and a direct descendant of the original Andrew Cabot, a prominent New England merchant.

The Cabot family lineage stretches back 10 generations and includes deep roots in Boston’s “Brahmin” aristocracy—an old-money class that has wielded cultural and economic power in New England for centuries. A 1972 New York Times profile valued the family fortune at $200 million—roughly equivalent to $15.4 billion today.

While it’s unclear when Kristin and Andrew married, records confirm it's at least the second marriage for both. Kristin’s prior divorce was finalized in 2022, and her since-deleted LinkedIn page noted she joined Privateer Rum’s advisory board in 2020. Earlier this year, the couple purchased a $2.2 million coastal home in New Hampshire.

The Cabots originally built their wealth in the carbon black industry, a substance used in tire manufacturing, and later diversified into ventures like rum production. The family's legacy includes controversial ties to the 19th-century slave and opium trades, though they’ve also donated generously to institutions like Harvard, MIT, and the Perkins School for the Blind.

Their elite status is immortalized in Boston lore, summed up in a famous line: “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

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