# Farhad Massoudi

> Farhad Massoudi is the Iranian-American co-founder of Tubi and its CEO from the service’s 2014 launch through 2023. He developed Tubi from AdRise into a free, advertising-supported streaming business built around a broad licensed catalog and personalized discovery. Fox announced its acquisition in 2020 for approximately $440 million in net cash consideration. In July 2024, Swift Ventures announced his appointment as an entrepreneur in residence.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur, engineer and former streaming chief executive
- **Organizations:** Tubi, AdRise, Swift Ventures
- **Nationality:** Iranian-American
- **Education:** BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded Tubi and led it from its 2014 launch through 2023., Built a free streaming model combining licensed entertainment, advertising and personalized discovery., Led Tubi through its acquisition by Fox in 2020.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Founded AdRise, a streaming application and advertising business.
- **2014** — Co-founded and launched Tubi with Thomas Ahn Hicks; served as CEO.
- **2017** — Tubi appointed Adam Lewinson its first chief content officer; Brett Wilson joined its board.
- **2020** — Fox announced a Tubi acquisition agreement for approximately $440 million in net cash consideration; Massoudi remained CEO.
- **2023** — Fox announced his departure in April, with a transition through the end of June.
- **2024** — Swift Ventures announced his entrepreneur-in-residence appointment on July 19.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Tubi and led it from its 2014 launch through 2023.
- Built a free streaming model combining licensed entertainment, advertising and personalized discovery.
- Led Tubi through its acquisition by Fox in 2020.
- Named to Cablefax 100 lists in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
- Listed as inventor on US Patent 11,463,540 B2, granted October 4, 2022, for relevant secondary-device content generation based on associated IP addressing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed Tubi’s early financing and content strategy in a September 23 San Francisco Standard retrospective.
- **2025-12** — Appeared on Trends With Friends with Howard Lindzon to discuss streaming, recommendation algorithms and media platforms.
- **2024-07** — Joined Swift Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence, the latest independently dated role announcement verified for this research.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadm
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/farhadm

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Last updated: 2026-10-14