# Bertrand Quesada

> Bertrand Quesada is a French advertising technology entrepreneur, co-founder of eBuzzing and a former CEO of Teads. He helped scale a business connecting advertisers with publishers through outstream video, led Teads through its Altice years, and became co-president and chief business officer for international markets when Outbrain completed its acquisition in February 2025. Meikai now lists him as a non-executive board member, investor and adviser.

- **Role:** Non-Executive Board Member, Investor & Advisor at Meikai
- **Organizations:** eBuzzing, Teads, Meikai, Espotting, Golog, Motorola
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux Business School)
- **Known for:** Helped develop eBuzzing from a blogger-brand marketplace into the business that merged with Teads., Led Teads as it expanded internationally; investor Gimv reported 27 offices in 21 countries and over 500 staff at the 2017 acquisition announcement., Teads reported $430 million revenue for 2018 and a sixth consecutive EBITDA-positive year.

## Career timeline

- **Before Espotting** — Worked at Motorola as a financial controller after business school.
- **2001** — Joined Espotting; later served as business development director.
- **2005** — Joined Golog, which monetized mistyped web addresses.
- **2007** — Co-founded eBuzzing, connecting advertisers and bloggers.
- **2008** — Pierre Chappaz became eBuzzing chairman after the startup won a competition on his blog.
- **2014** — eBuzzing merged with Teads; the combined business later adopted the Teads name, with Quesada as CEO.
- **2017** — Altice announced its acquisition of Teads; Quesada stayed in management.
- **2025** — Outbrain completed its Teads acquisition on February 3. Quesada became co-president and chief business officer for international markets.
- **2026** — A Teads France legal notice recorded his replacement as directeur général, effective April 30. Meikai lists him as a non-executive board member, investor and adviser.

## Achievements

- Helped develop eBuzzing from a blogger-brand marketplace into the business that merged with Teads.
- Led Teads as it expanded internationally; investor Gimv reported 27 offices in 21 countries and over 500 staff at the 2017 acquisition announcement.
- Teads reported $430 million revenue for 2018 and a sixth consecutive EBITDA-positive year.
- Helped lead Teads into the Outbrain combination completed in February 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Meikai’s public team page lists Quesada as Non-Executive Board Member, Investor & Advisor; observed during research, not an announced appointment date.
- **2026-06** — A published Teads France legal notice recorded his replacement as directeur général, effective April 30, 2026.
- **2025-02** — Became co-president and chief business officer for international markets following the completed Outbrain acquisition.

## Links

- Twitter/X: https://x.com/QuesadaBertrand

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Last updated: 2026-10-20