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Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann since 2012 (succeeded by Thomas Coesfeld on January 1, 2027); CEO of RTL Group 2019–2026.

Chief Marketing Officer at Zendesk and former CMO at Amplitude, Tifenn Dano Kwan is a globally recognized B2B marketing leader known for scaling demand generation and brand strategy at high-growth SaaS companies.

Founder & President of the Oasis Consortium and a digital trust, safety, and AI-ethics leader; former Chief Marketing & Trust Officer at OpenWeb.

Pioneering AdTech executive who led AOL's advertising transformation and Google's early ad sales, now Founder of Flowcode (formerly DTX Company), building next-generation direct-to-consumer connectivity tools.

Former CEO of OpenX who championed independent ad exchange infrastructure and publisher-first programmatic solutions; now leading GoFundMe as CEO since 2020.

Tim Cook is Executive Chairman of Apple. He led the company as CEO for about 15 years, from 2011 until September 1, 2026, when John Ternus succeeded him as CEO and Cook moved into the newly created executive chairman role.

Assistant Editor at VideoWeek, the London trade publication covering video advertising and ad tech.

Microsoft's Corporate VP driving monetization, commerce, and AI-powered advertising strategy, shaping how one of the world's largest tech companies competes in the evolving digital ad ecosystem.

Tim Hart is a media and advertising industry professional at Adweek, contributing to coverage and insights at one of the industry's most prominent trade publications.

Former U.S. Congressman turned media entrepreneur, Tim Huelskamp leads 1440, a fast-growing daily newsletter challenging the attention economy with bias-free news delivered directly to consumers.

Vice President of Engineering at LinkedIn, leading large-scale platform and product engineering for one of the world's largest professional networking and B2B marketing platforms.

Tim Massa was Kroger's SVP of Loyalty & Alternative Profit, a key architect of Kroger's retail media and data monetization strategy through 84.51° and Kroger Precision Marketing, before retiring from Kroger in 2026.

CEO at Somnee; former SVP Marketing at Verizon Media.

Tim Vanderhook is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP).

Marketing and brand executive at Pressed Juicery with a background spanning retail, consumer goods, and digital marketing strategy.

TJ Hunter is the Chief Marketing Officer at Keynes Digital, a programmatic advertising and connected TV media company.

Founder and CEO of Shopify, the e-commerce platform powering over 1.75 million merchants globally and a critical infrastructure layer for direct-to-consumer brands and digital marketing.

Tobias Silber is the Chief Business Officer of GeoEdge.

Tobin Thomas is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lifesight, an enterprise-grade agentic unified marketing measurement platform.