Executive Management

Mr. Foroughi is one of our co-founders and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since December 2011. He was designated as Chairperson of our board of directors in March 2021. He previously co-founded two advertising technology companies, Lifestreet Media Inc. and Social Hour Inc. Mr. Foroughi holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Foroughi was selected to serve on our board of directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our Chief Executive Officer and co-founder.

Mr. Chen has served as our President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2019 and as a member of our board of directors since August 2018. Prior to joining us, he served as the head of Technology, Media and Telecom at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, KKR), an investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, from 2007 to 2019, having previously worked for the firm from 1995 to 1997. He also currently serves on the board of directors of GoDaddy, Inc., an online solutions provider, and Internet Brands Inc., an integrated digital media and software services company. Mr. Chen holds a B.S. in Economics (Finance) and a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Chen was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive operating and management experience, his knowledge of technology companies and his experience serving on the boards of directors of other public and private technology companies.

Andrew Karam oversees the development of the AppLovin technology platform. He specifically focuses on its suite of solutions and tools that help developers earn more and grow their games. Andrew began his career in pharmaceutical research, but a desire to be in a fast-paced environment brought him to mobile technology. He has since co-founded three different companies, including StylePage and Social Hour, the latter of which sold to Playphone in 2012.

Ms. Jansen has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since October 2012. Prior to joining us, she served as Vice President of Marketing, Marketing Director at PlayFirst, Inc., a publisher of casual games, from October 2009 to March 2012. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and an M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.

Elena Arutunian is Chief Accounting Officer at AppLovin. Prior to joining AppLovin, Elena served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Lyft. She scaled and led the accounting and tax teams through Lyft’s IPO. She has more than 20 years of corporate finance and consulting experience. Thirteen of those years were spent at PwC, where she focused on financial transactions and accounting issues for tech companies. Elena studied finance and economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Belarusian State Economic University, and Joint Vienna Institute.

Mr. Shikin has served as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2020 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Engineering since January 2012. Prior to joining us, from May 2008 to January 2012, he served as Senior Software Engineer at DeviceAnywhere, Inc., a cloud-based platform for testing and monitoring mobile websites and applications acquired by Keynote Systems, Inc. Mr. Shikin holds a Masters in Mathematics from Saint-Petersburg State University.

Ms. Valenzuela has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since May 2020. Ms. Valenzuela joined us through our acquisition of Machine Zone where she served as Chief Legal Officer from January 2015 to April 2020. From May 2004 to December 2014, she served as General Counsel, Vice President, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor company acquired by Infineon Technologies AG. Prior to Cypress Semiconductor, she was a corporate and technology attorney with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP and Clifford Chance LLP. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton and a J.D. from Stanford University Law School.

Ryan Gee serves as our Head of Investor Relations and Strategic Finance. Prior to joining AppLovin in June 2021, Ryan was most recently Vice President, Equity Research at Bank of America Securities where he was a senior analyst overseeing a wide range of technology companies across Internet, Software, and Gaming sectors. Prior to rejoining Bank of America in 2019, Ryan held a similar role at Barclays Investment Bank. In 2016, he managed investor relations for Wix.com, a cloud-based web development platform. Ryan began his career at Merrill Lynch and holds a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech.