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EPISODE · Jun 19, 2026 · 23 MIN

The Future Of Advertising - Dr. Mark Grether

from The CMO Whisperer · host Steve Olenski

My guest today is Mark Grether, SVP and General Manager of PayPal Ads. Mark has helped shape some of the biggest shifts in modern advertising, from co-founding Xaxis at WPP to leading Sizmek, through its acquisition by Amazon, to helping grow Uber advertising into a billion-dollar global business with more than half a million advertisers. Today at PayPal, he's focused on building an advertising business designed to help merchants sell smarter and consumers discover more of what they actually care about.

My guest today is Mark Grether, SVP and General Manager of PayPal Ads. Mark has helped shape some of the biggest shifts in modern advertising, from co-founding Xaxis at WPP to leading Sizmek, through its acquisition by Amazon, to helping grow Uber advertising into a billion-dollar global business with more than half a million advertisers. Today at PayPal, he's focused on building an advertising business designed to help merchants sell smarter and consumers discover more of what they actually care about.

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