Thursday, May 5, 2011

FindTheBest Snags Google, DoubleClick Vet As President

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com, the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor, has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. The firm said that Rabin Yaghoubi, who previously launched and led content, commerce, and local partnerships at Google, will join the firm in New York at a new office. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. As part of the appointment, FindTheBest.com said it would be opening up an office in New York, and will be hiring in business development, marketing, and web design at the new location. FindTheBest is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins.

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