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Michael Rubenstein

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Firsthand. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Michael Rubenstein is best known as the longtime President and board member of AppNexus, helping scale the company to its $1.6 billion acquisition by AT&T. Earlier, he founded and led the DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and later co-founded OpenStore and AI brand-agent startup Firsthand.

What they said3 Shows1

Everything Michael Rubenstein said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Assertion Supported

AppNexus acquired WPP's tech assets and powers its digital media buying

“We acquired their technology assets, they made an investment in our company, and today our technology powers the digital buying of the largest ad agency on earth.”

Michael Rubenstein Nov 20, 2014 ▶ 2:38 Michael Rubenstein and Catherine Williams, App Nexus // Data Driven #31 // Nov 2014

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

AppNexus processes over 100 terabytes of data daily

“To a company today that's processing over a hundred terabytes of data daily and has got massive internet scale.”

Michael Rubenstein Nov 20, 2014 ▶ 0:27 Michael Rubenstein and Catherine Williams, App Nexus // Data Driven #31 // Nov 2014

MAD Disclosure

AppNexus has raised around $250 million in venture capital

“We haven't quite raised three hundred million, but we've raised almost that much, around two hundred fifty million dollars, so a lot of venture capital”

Michael Rubenstein Nov 20, 2014 ▶ 3:43 Michael Rubenstein and Catherine Williams, App Nexus // Data Driven #31 // Nov 2014

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Michael's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Firsthand	1	3	100% 1/1	full record on the MAD Podcast →