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Tim Armstrong

Disciplines:
media/media leadership
advertising/advertising sales
marketing/digital marketing

Summary

American media executive who built Google's New York advertising sales operation as one of its early leaders, then served as CEO of AOL (2009–2015) during its Verizon acquisition period.

Core Contribution

Built Google's East Coast advertising sales franchise — manually selling AdWords to major brands when the product was new and advertisers were skeptical — creating the New York beachhead that became essential to Google's advertising dominance.

Historical Influences

Omid Kordestani

Intellectual Lineage

Digital Advertising Sales TraditionMedia Industry

Contemporaries & Peers

Omid Kordestani Sheryl Sandberg Marissa Mayer

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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