Recognizing

stalwarts of the

online publishing

ecosystem

AdPushup’s Global Publishing Leaders honors the leaders of the publishing ecosystem.

What makes a Global Publishing Leader?

Every individual on this list has uniquely contributed to the publishing fraternity. They took over the mantle and led their teams to deliver outstanding results.

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qualifying criteria

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qualifying criteria

The annual list of Global Publishing Leaders is finalized after a rigorous selection process. It consists of both publishers and ad operations leaders who have

Played a pivotal role in driving the change

Displayed an in-depth understanding of the publishing and ad operations ecosystem

Made an outstanding overall contribution to the media industry

Played a pivotal role in driving the change

Displayed an in-depth understanding of the publishing and ad operations ecosystem

Made an outstanding overall contribution to the media industry

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Winners 2023

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Winner 2021

Pepe Medrano Gómez

Programmatic, Tech & Data Analayst

Webedia Spain

Suryansh Tibarewala

Co-founder and growth lead

EssentiallySports.com

Khayum Basha Eenadu Hyd

Chief Manager

Ednadu

Mato Barisic

Programmatic Operations Manager

Index.hr

Stephen Irenski

Sr. Director

TMB

Mark Haraburda

CEO 

Barchart

Jonathan Macdougall

Ad Ops Revenue Specialist

Valnet

oda sham

Senior Director of Ad Operations

Group Nine Media

Ann Fisher Gobel

Commercial Director

TheJournal.ie

Ben Sole

VP of Commercialisation

GAMURS Group

Steffen Weber

Owner

ComputerBase GmbH

Tom Pittlik

Owner of Machinefloor

GameBanana

Kirill Kalinin

Digital Director

Instyle.com

Amanda Le

Director of Ad Operations

Fanbyte

Bhart Singh

Founder 

FirstSportz.com

Mike Lewis

Senior Director

Scribt

Thomas Thorsell-Arntsen

CEO

w3schools

Jason Kat

Director

Kat Technologies Pty Ltd

Romain Stievenard

Product Owner – Ads

France Médias Monde

Bryan Choo

Founder and CEO

TheSmartLocal.com

Alper Misirili

Business Development Manager

Turkuvaz Media Group

Devinder Maheshwari

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer

Beebom

David Scherfgen

Selbständiger Web-Entwickler

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Bruno Rončević Rončević

Digital Performance Manager

RTL Hrvatska

Nimisha O K

Associate Director

VerSe Innovation

Antonio Manzo

CEO

Nuovevoci Network

Steffi Metzler

Marketing Manager

Golem Media GmBH

Johanna Vartiainen

Director

Alma Media Solutions

Richard Desimine

Owner and Manager

Central Digital Publishing LLC

Leandro Leme de Toledo

AdTech Manager

UOL-Universo Online

Nikko Nicandro

Digital Implementation Supervisor

CNN Philippins

Akash Sharma

Assistant Vice President

Zee Media Corporation Limited

Sutiporn Srisueb

Yield Manager

Tencent Thailand

Bas de Haas

CEO and Founder

Chordify

Pankaj Kumar

Founder

JournalDev.com

Fabien Roehlinger

Managing Director

NextPIT GmbH

Mareen Anthonipillai

Head of Programmatic Yield

Mumsnet

Johnny Noh

Head of Programmatic Yield 

Mumsnet

Zoran Knezevic

Founder

fragrantica.com

Sebastien Noel

Directeur Délégué, Activités Programmatique

Alliance Digitale (IAB France & LMMA)

Omendra Rai

General Manager

India Today Group

Evan Pfeffer

Dynamic entrepreneur

The Zoe Report

Sumeyra Teymur

CEO

Haberler.com

Don Caldwell

General manager

Know Your Meme

Bastien Deleau

Global Head

Adtech

Alexander Roesner

CEO and Founder

Gameforge

Allan Rabelo

CTO

Metropolis

Joyce Babu

Co-Founder

Prokerala

Pelin Sahin Asena

Director of Advertising

Nokta

Randy Petersen

Founder

BoardingArea

Chris Mayland

Strategic leader

Merriam-Webster Inc.

Sriram Konanur

Programmatic Sales Manager

Cricbuzz.com

Justin Levine

CEO

Motiv31

Utkarsh Bhatla

CEO & Co-Founder

The SportsRush

Vijaykumar Shinde

Founder 

Software Testing Help

Punit Jajodia

Country Director

Reduct

Nirnay Chowdhary

Director 

Karnikripa power private limited

Yannis Bistogiannakis

Head of Advertising Operations

Proto Thema S.A.

Bazam Jasim

Head, Business & Operations

TheDailyNet & MEAW

Helen Lin

VP of Global Marketing Operations

Wizards of the Cost

James Barry

Yield Optimization

Ora Media LLC

Daniel Luu

Founder and CEO

Akrew

Felicia Cederquist

Product Owner

Bonnier News

Mukesh Kumar Singh

Head

Digital Revenue

Syed Sujjad

CEO

CricTracker 

Saurabh Shukla

Manager Programmatic

Dubizzle

Ruchit Patel

Co-founder

AllEvents.in

Marco Grossi

Founder & CEO

iLovePDF

Laurent Bazet

Director & Chief Publishing Officer

ChefSimon.com

Daniel Baker

CEO

Prezna

Michele Devine

Vice President

BuzzFeed

Orlin Milinov

Co- founder

gsmarena.com

Andrei Dragomir

Automation Engineer

Hidroelectrica S.A.

Lee Hancox

Product Manager

Staxi

Arman Riyansyah

Assistent Manager Of Ad Operations

Tribun Network

Vadim Khrulyev

CEO

KraiSoft Entertainment

Rick Yeske

VP Ad Sales Director

Zacks.com

Alex Serban

COO 

Reflector Media

Joon Lee

Co-founder

ODK Media, Inc

Richard Yoon

Ad Operations and Programmatic Veteran

Sharecare

Young Cha

Co-Founder and CEO

ODK Media, Inc.

Dhimant Parekh

CEO & Co-founder

The Better India

Amardeep Upadhyay

Co-Founder

Lions Media Group

Weldon Johnson

Co-Founder

LetsRun.com

Sarah Badler

CRO, Enterprise Advertising

Dotdash

Christopher Gontharet

Head of Sales

Surperformance SAS

Kenneth Scott

Commercial Digital Manager

The National Rugby League 

Carmen Hui

Associate Advertising Director

Hon Kong Economic Times

Colin Gold

Co-Founder The Trend Spotter

Dash of Gold

Sonoo Jaiswal

Founder 

JavaTpoint

Apoorv Kalra

Co-Founder and Director

BollywoodShaadis.com

Victor De Jesús Camacho

Head of AdOps Programmatic & Data

Webedia

Abhilash Anand

Founder and CEO

Adimaginz Marketing Services
Pvt Ltd.

Vijender Negi

AVP – Technology and Digital Marketing

NEWS24 BROADCAST INDIA LIMITED

Marco Remmert

Managing Director

Advertiso GmbH

Mohammad Mohtashim

Founder & Managing Director

Tutorials Points India Limited

Scott Maison

Digital Advertising, Marketing and Business Development

AARP

Bram Bravo

Head of Digital Ad Ops & Programmatic Business Development

suara.com

Mathieu Ho Thanh

Programatic Technical Director

M6 Publicite

Daniel Antell

CEO

Geoguessr

Peter Laszlo

CEO

iSLCollective Ltd

Kumaran Pillai

Publisher The Independent Singapore

Traffic and Apple Seed Pte Ltd

Jonathan Keefer

Head of Product

Coolmath

Daniel Haim

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Newsmax Media, Inc.

Bo Yang

Founder

Douban Inc.

Huiming Gu

Self Employment

Confidential

Suraj Dhakne

Programmatic Ad sales

FirstCry.com

Lachlan Brown

Co-owner

Brown Brothers Media

Neil Nelson

CEO

Atlanta Black Star

Khayrul Bashar

Publisher

Prothom Alo

Akhand Singh

AVP & National Head Of Digital Monetisation

Amarujala Digital

Phani Raju

Growth Hacker and Content Creator

LearnCBSE.in

Derek Hutton

Director Of Operations and Programmatic

Evolve Media, LLC

Will Seippel

CEO and Founder

WorthPoint

Evan Leftwich

Co-founder

Buzzworthly

Joe Blackmon

President

ComicBook.com

Sushant Awasthi

Manager 

LiveScore

Tausif akram

Founder

smallseotools.com

Anushrav Gulati

VP and Head

Times Internet

Radu Tyrsina

CEO 

Windows Report

Mick Weinstein

COO

The Times of Israel

Kapil Jindal

CEO and Co-Founder

Beebom

Usman Haider

Co-Founder

Softrix Technologies

Veerendra Shivhare

Co Founder & CTO

IncNut Digital

Özgür Süyel

Founder

Tureng.com

Gildas Croyal

Founder

Logicieleducatif.fr

Jeff

Founder

Rentdigs LLC.

Mukul Gupta

Founder

SarkariResult.com

Simon Paulenoff

Senior Manager

American Kennal Club

Paolo Strazzera Perniciani

Proprietor

Teleborsa

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