# Arthur Leopold

> Arthur Leopold is the New York entrepreneur and advertising executive who went from organizing political supporters as a teenager to becoming Cameo's first employee and president, then co-founding Agentio, an AI-powered marketplace designed to make creator advertising as measurable and scalable as other paid media.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Agentio
- **Organizations:** Agentio, Cameo, Sprinklr, Twitter, Duke University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA in Political Science and Markets and Management, Duke University
- **Known for:** Joined Cameo as its first employee and chief operating officer, later becoming chief business officer and president., Built Cameo for Business into a major strategic business line and oversaw talent, business and Represent operations as president., Co-founded Agentio in 2023 and raised $56 million across seed, Series A and Series B rounds by November 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Managed U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney's reelection campaign while still a teenager.
- **2007-2008** — Organized fundraising for Barack Obama's presidential campaign and served as a New York delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
- **2009** — Elected as an undergraduate member of the Friends of the Duke University Libraries executive committee.
- **2012** — Graduated from Duke University and began working at Twitter.
- **2017** — Worked as an enterprise sales manager at Sprinklr, then joined Cameo as its first employee and chief operating officer; also invested in the friends-and-family round.
- **2020** — Led the creation of Cameo for Business and served as Cameo's chief business officer.
- **2022** — Named president of Cameo, overseeing Cameo for Business, Talent and Represent.
- **2023** — Left the Cameo presidency, remained a senior advisor, and co-founded Agentio with Jonathan Meyers. Agentio announced a $4.25 million seed round in November.
- **2024** — Agentio raised a $12 million Series A led by Benchmark.
- **2025** — Agentio was included in Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list and raised a $40 million Series B led by Forerunner at a reported $340 million valuation.
- **2026** — Agentio expanded its creator-media work beyond YouTube into Meta Partnership Ads and published performance research on creator-led advertising.

## Achievements

- Joined Cameo as its first employee and chief operating officer, later becoming chief business officer and president.
- Built Cameo for Business into a major strategic business line and oversaw talent, business and Represent operations as president.
- Co-founded Agentio in 2023 and raised $56 million across seed, Series A and Series B rounds by November 2025.
- Led Agentio through reported 5x year-over-year growth and a $340 million valuation in 2025.
- Agentio was selected for Forbes' 2025 Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.
- Served as a New York delegate for Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Agentio released research on $130 million in Meta Partnership Ad spend; Leopold described creator performance as a transfer of audience trust.
- **2026-04** — Leopold participated in the creator-economy conversation around the Scalable Summit and Agentio's expansion in creator media.
- **2026-03** — Appeared on the Further, Faster podcast to discuss lean hiring, customer obsession and Agentio's view of creator advertising infrastructure.
- **2026-01** — Agentio moved into a new New York office and continued hiring for its planned expansion.
- **2025-11** — Agentio announced a $40 million Series B led by Forerunner, bringing total funding to $56 million at a reported $340 million valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://agentio.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthurleopold

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Last updated: 2026-08-28