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'Still a viable proposition': Pubmatic CEO on plans to grow beyond a commoditized market

Pubmatic rode a rising tide in the ad tech sector throughout 2020 that saw it hit the crest of the wave at the end of the year when it floated on the stock market.
April 02, 2021

Supply-side platforms have a flair for reinvention. The ad tech vendors that rebuilt themselves as transparent businesses after the ad industry’s infatuation with ad tech fees in 2018 have recently reinvented themselves as companies for marketers, not just publishers. “We’re participating in a great set of secular tailwinds that are growing the digital ad advertising opportunity, and frankly that fed into our decision on when to go public," said Rajeev Goel, CEO of Pubmatic. Read more below.

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