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Henrique De Castro is a Board Director of Target Inc. the leading North American Retailer since 2013. He was Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2014, where he was responsible for its $5bn advertising, media, business development and operations globally.
Before that Henrique was Google’s President of Partner Business Solutions $10+bn business. Previously he was Google’s President of Media, Mobile and Platforms Business Worldwide with full responsibility for $5bn+ business globally (inc. TV Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Display Network, Mobile Ads, AdMob, AdExchange and DoubleClick). He built and scaled the business from scratch to turn it into #1 digital business globally with $5bn+ revenue. In that position he led the team to launch operations in 40+ countries, hired 1000+ people, and acquired and integrated Google’s two largest acquisitions. Prior to this position at Google De Castro led European Sales & Media Solutions and Sales Operations for Google Europe.
Prior to Google De Castro was Sales & Business Development Director for Dell Western Europe Region where he managed sales and operations across 9 countries for all B2B businesses with revenues of $2+bn and 30%+ growth.
Before Dell Henrique was a managing consultant at McKinsey & Co focused on Media, Technology and Consumer Industries.
Early in his career, De Castro worked for ABB- Asea Brown Boveri in Corporate Project Finance and in the Private Equity Industry and started his own company age 22.
De Castro received a Master of Business Administration degree from the IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Hosted by Loic Le Meur, Co-Founder, Le Web
Henrique De Castro is a Board Director of Target Inc. the leading North American Retailer since 2013. He was Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2014, where he was responsible for its $5bn advertising, media, business development and operations globally.
Before that Henrique was Google’s President of Partner Business Solutions $10+bn business. Previously he was Google’s President of Media, Mobile and Platforms Business Worldwide with full responsibility for $5bn+ business globally (inc. TV Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Display Network, Mobile Ads, AdMob, AdExchange and DoubleClick). He built and scaled the business from scratch to turn it into #1 digital business globally with $5bn+ revenue. In that position he led the team to launch operations in 40+ countries, hired 1000+ people, and acquired and integrated Google’s two largest acquisitions. Prior to this position at Google De Castro led European Sales & Media Solutions and Sales Operations for Google Europe.
Prior to Google De Castro was Sales & Business Development Director for Dell Western Europe Region where he managed sales and operations across 9 countries for all B2B businesses with revenues of $2+bn and 30%+ growth.
Before Dell Henrique was a managing consultant at McKinsey & Co focused on Media, Technology and Consumer Industries.
Early in his career, De Castro worked for ABB- Asea Brown Boveri in Corporate Project Finance and in the Private Equity Industry and started his own company age 22.
De Castro received a Master of Business Administration degree from the IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
