Philip Inghelbrecht
Philip Inghelbrecht is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Tatari, a platform that enables brands to plan, buy, and measure TV advertising across both linear and streaming channels with the rigor typically associated with digital advertising. Tatari has become a significant player in the connected and linear TV ad-buying space, serving direct-to-consumer brands and agencies seeking transparent, data-driven TV investment. Under his leadership, Tatari has raised substantial venture funding and grown into a recognized alternative to traditional TV buying methods. Before founding Tatari, Inghelbrecht co-founded Shazam, the music and audio recognition app, where he served as President and helped scale the product globally before its acquisition by Apple in 2018. He also co-founded TradeDesk precursor and other ventures, and has a background that spans consumer technology and media. His career reflects a consistent pattern of building technology products at the intersection of media, data, and consumer behavior. Inghelbrecht's work at Tatari directly addresses the advertising industry's need for accountability in TV spend, positioning him as an operator driving structural change in how TV advertising is transacted and measured.
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- 15 years
Bio
Philip Inghelbrecht is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Tatari, a platform that enables brands to plan, buy, and measure TV advertising across both linear and streaming channels with the rigor typically associated with digital advertising. Tatari has become a significant player in the connected and linear TV ad-buying space, serving direct-to-consumer brands and agencies seeking transparent, data-driven TV investment. Under his leadership, Tatari has raised substantial venture funding and grown into a recognized alternative to traditional TV buying methods. Before founding Tatari, Inghelbrecht co-founded Shazam, the music and audio recognition app, where he served as President and helped scale the product globally before its acquisition by Apple in 2018. He also co-founded TradeDesk precursor and other ventures, and has a background that spans consumer technology and media. His career reflects a consistent pattern of building technology products at the intersection of media, data, and consumer behavior. Inghelbrecht's work at Tatari directly addresses the advertising industry's need for accountability in TV spend, positioning him as an operator driving structural change in how TV advertising is transacted and measured.
Expertise & education
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Education
- Ghent University, Belgium
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Notable achievements
- Co-founded Tatari, a leading TV ad-buying and measurement platform serving DTC brands and agencies
- Co-founded Shazam, which was acquired by Apple in 2018 for a reported $400 million