Tripadvisor names new CEO
Tripadvisor, Inc named Matt Goldberg as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding long-time CEO, Stephen Kaufer.
“Matt has proven leadership and experience in strategy and operations for more than 20 years. We welcome him to the team,” said Greg Maffei, Chairman of the Board at Tripadvisor. “
Goldberg has served in various leadership roles in the digital content, media and entertainment, and travel and in both B2B and direct-to-consumer models
This includes News Corp, Liberty Interactive Corp, Lonely Planet, and Dow Jones.
Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, North America and Global Operations at The Trade Desk.
Goldberg is also Founding Director of Dataphilanthropy, a non-profit focused on building programs to apply data to better address and understand economic disparity.
Steve Kaufer co-founded Tripadvisor in 2000 and last year announced his intention to leave his role as CEO.
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