Amar K. Goel is the founder of PubMatic, has served as Chairman and a director since 2006, and became Chief Innovation Officer in February 2021, where he leads marketplace strategy, machine-learning initiatives, and EMEA/APAC operations on a part-time basis. He was PubMatic's first Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2008 and has founded and scaled several other companies, including Komli Media (which he ran and later sold in 2015) and RevX. He holds an A.B. in Economics and an M.S. in Computer Science from Harvard University, where as a student he co-founded Chipshot.com.