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Jean-Paul Schmetz

Board Observer and Chief of Ads, Brave Ads

Jean-Paul Schmetz is Board Observer and Chief of Ads at Brave, heading up the company’s browser and search engine monetization. A digital veteran, he's been building tech companies since 1995 - once of which, Cliqz, eventually became Brave Search. Jean-Paul also serves as MD of digital privacy company, Ghostery, which builds products to protect, educate, and empower users to take back control of their online experiences.

In 2008, he founded Cliqz, which developed digital key technologies as a European alternative to the market-dominating US platforms. These included independent search engine, browser and privacy technologies as well as new techniques for responsible advertising and statistical data collection. 


Topics:  Privacy-first advertising, browser and search monetisation, search advertising, responsible advertising and data use, open web