Scaling to a $700M Exit: Zain Jaffer, CEO of Vungle (Part 3)

Zain Jaffer: Just to set the context, Vungle was recently acquired by a private equity group called Blackstone for $780 million all cash. The transactions closed towards the end of 2019. At that point, we started a company called Vungle and were producing video ads. We didn’t know what to do with these video ads.

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Scaling to a $700M Exit: Zain Jaffer, CEO of Vungle (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year was that? Zain Jaffer: That was 2006. I had been highly obsessed with internet startups for the last five years. It’s time for me to really enjoy myself and be a student and not get involved in anything. I needed a bit of a break. The first few nights, I organized

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Scaling to a $700M Exit: Zain Jaffer, CEO of Vungle (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a delightful story of a young entrepreneur duo’s goofy journey to a huge exit! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?