President, Internet and Mobile Communications

As President of Internet and Mobile Communications, Brad Garlinghouse is responsible for AOL’s efforts to expand the global reach of its e-mail, instant messaging and mobile communications both on desktops and mobile devices. Garlinghouse also heads up AOL’s Silicon Valley operations from its Mountain View campus and is the West Coast lead of AOL Ventures, the company’s venture capital arm.

Prior to coming to AOL, Garlinghouse was a Senior Advisor at Silver Lake Partners, serving as an in-house counselor on a variety of potential acquisitions.

Before that, Garlinghouse spent nearly six years at Yahoo! most recently serving as SVP of Communications and Communities. Prior to that he served as SVP of Communications, Communities and Front Doors, which included the Yahoo! home page. Garlinghouse came to Yahoo in 2003 as VP, Communication Products. During his time there, Yahoo Mail went from being ranked No. 3 to leading all competitors by a wide margin and the company’s messaging service rose to become the leader in that market as well. Garlinghouse also oversaw the company’s Flickr photo-sharing service and Yahoo! Groups.
 
Prior to Yahoo!, Garlinghouse was CEO of Dialpad.com Inc., responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations, finance, sales and marketing. He was also General Partner at @Ventures, Category Manager of Media Development for @Home, Inc., and Manager at SBC Communications.
 
Garlinghouse received his BA in economics from the University of Kansas and his MBA from Harvard Business School.