# Yaron Galai

> Yaron Galai is an American-Israeli entrepreneur and product designer, co-founder of Outbrain and chairman of Teads. Previously a co-founder of Quigo and Ad4ever, he led Outbrain as CEO and then co-CEO until April 2024. His newer venture, YOMU, develops products that encourage book reading.

- **Role:** Chairman of the Board at Teads; Co-founder of YOMU
- **Organizations:** Teads, Outbrain, YOMU, Listory, SpokenLayer, Quigo, Ad4ever, NetWorks Web Design, HopStop
- **Nationality:** American and Israeli
- **Education:** Industrial design studies; degree not completed, Holon Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Outbrain and led it through its 2021 public listing., Co-founded contextual advertising company Quigo, acquired by AOL in 2007., Co-founded Ad4ever, whose technology ultimately became part of Microsoft’s advertising platform.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Founded NetWorks Web Design while studying industrial design.
- **Late 1990s** — Co-founded rich-media advertising company Ad4ever, later acquired by Atlas.
- **2000** — Co-founded Quigo; CEO until 2003, then senior vice president.
- **2006** — Co-founded Outbrain with Ori Lahav.
- **2007** — AOL acquired Quigo in December.
- **2017** — Began sharing Outbrain CEO responsibilities with David Kostman.
- **2020** — Co-founded Listory with Yaniv Gilad following a management buyout from Outbrain.
- **2021** — Outbrain became a public company.
- **2023** — Listory was acquired by SpokenLayer in May; Galai assumed the chairman role.
- **2024** — Stepped down as Outbrain co-CEO effective April 1; continued as chairman and served as adviser through December 31.
- **2025** — Outbrain acquired Teads in February and changed its corporate name to Teads Holding Co. in June; Galai remained chairman.
- **2025** — Co-founded YOMU with Amit Elisha.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Outbrain and led it through its 2021 public listing.
- Co-founded contextual advertising company Quigo, acquired by AOL in 2007.
- Co-founded Ad4ever, whose technology ultimately became part of Microsoft’s advertising platform.
- Named as inventor on patents relating to content recommendations and advertising.
- Co-founded YOMU to encourage book reading.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As checked in October 2026, Teads’ leadership page lists Galai as chairman. YOMU’s public feed includes announcements of its second app, Magic Bookmark, and the CatchPhrase reading-location feature; exact announcement dates are not exposed in the accessible feed.
- **2025-06** — Outbrain completed its corporate renaming to Teads Holding Co.; the new TEAD ticker took effect June 10.

## Links

- Website: https://yarongalai.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarongalai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/YaronGalai

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Last updated: 2026-10-23