- The Trade Desk announced it named Blake Grayson as its chief financial officer as Paul Ross is retiring
The Trade Desk has announced its Chief Financial Officer Paul Ross is retiring. And he is being succeeded by Blake Grayson. Ross served as CFO of The Trade Desk since 2014. And in that time, he oversaw one of the most successful IPOs of the past decade as well as strong and profitable revenue growth each year.
“Paul has been a great partner and friend over the years, and has played a key role in scaling our business from start-up to the world’s largest independent ad-tech company,” said The Trade Desk founder & CEO Jeff Green. “He architected our highly successful 2016 IPO, and has been instrumental in driving the consistently profitable revenue growth that sets us apart in the broader tech industry. He has built a high-performance team that stands us in great stead for the future. I wish Paul continued success in all his future endeavors.”
Grayson is joining The Trade Desk from Amazon.com where he was most recently Vice President of Finance for the International Consumer business and served as the head of finance for businesses in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, India, Japan, China, Australia, Brazil, Middle East, and Singapore as well as worldwide finance teams for Automated Marketing, Kindle Content/Books and Global Payments.
For more than a decade, Grayson also led finance for Amazon’s worldwide Marketplace business and several finance functions for North America Consumer, Amazon Web Services and Global Payments. Before that, Grayson worked for Washington Mutual/JP Morgan Chase leading Payments finance and FP&A functions and he previously worked in the wireless and financial services industries.
“I am thrilled to be joining and bringing my experience scaling fast-growing billion-dollar businesses to help The Trade Desk accelerate its already impressive growth,” explained Grayson. “Throughout the process of getting to know Jeff, members of the board and the leadership team, I have been impressed with the opportunities in front of The Trade Desk. I’m excited to apply my expertise to help scale existing businesses as well as invest in new ones that will continue to drive profitable long-term growth.”
The Trade Desk is a technology company that empowers buyers of advertising. And through its self-service and cloud-based platform, ad buyers can create, manage, and optimize digital advertising campaigns across a wide range of ad formats and devices. The integrations with major data, inventory, and publisher partners ensure the maximum reach and decisioning capabilities. And The Trade Desk’s enterprise APIs enable custom development on top of the platform.
“I’m so grateful to Jeff and the Board for the opportunity that became the professional ride of a lifetime,” added Ross. “While I plan to stay recreationally active in the business community, I’m looking forward to having more time for other personal priorities. I shall remain an enthusiastic supporter of The Trade Desk and know there are still so many more successes to come.”
Featured photo credit: Paul Ross / The Trade Desk
