Mark Grether
Senior Vice President and General Manager
PayPal Ads
Mark Grether joined PayPal as the SVP and General Manager of PayPal Ads. In this role, Mark is responsible for building an advertising business that will help make merchants smarter so they can sell more products and services effectively, as well as enabling consumers to discover more of what they love.
Prior to PayPal, he was the Vice President, General Manager of Uber Advertising. Under his leadership, Uber Advertising grew to a $1 billion business with more than 500,000 advertisers globally. He successfully led the acceleration of the company’s global advertising business, helping merchants, brands, and other advertisers reach Uber’s highly engaged user base across its mobility and Delivery divisions.
Prior to Uber, Grether led the product strategy for Amazon’s advertising business, and he served as CEO of Sizmek, one of the largest independent advertising platforms globally, which was sold to Amazon in 2019. Prior to Sizmek, Mark was the co-founder and global COO of WPP’s Xaxis, which became a leading programmatic media company.
Prior to PayPal, he was the Vice President, General Manager of Uber Advertising. Under his leadership, Uber Advertising grew to a $1 billion business with more than 500,000 advertisers globally. He successfully led the acceleration of the company’s global advertising business, helping merchants, brands, and other advertisers reach Uber’s highly engaged user base across its mobility and Delivery divisions.
Prior to Uber, Grether led the product strategy for Amazon’s advertising business, and he served as CEO of Sizmek, one of the largest independent advertising platforms globally, which was sold to Amazon in 2019. Prior to Sizmek, Mark was the co-founder and global COO of WPP’s Xaxis, which became a leading programmatic media company.