Adam Foroughi

Co-founder & CEO, AppLovin

Adam Foroughi co-founded AppLovin, the AI-powered mobile advertising company, and is its chief executive. The stock now turns on whether his claims about how fast AppLovin's ad models improve hold up, a question a class action also raises.

Net worth: $10.1B; Bloomberg, Oct 18, 2026
Company: 1

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Known for

Building AppLovin from a mobile-games advertising network into one of the most valuable adtech companies on the market.

Worth knowing

He bootstrapped AppLovin for years before KKR invested $400 million in 2018.
He started his career as a derivatives trader, not in software.
He has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Age: 46
Based: Palo Alto, CA
Primary role: Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, AppLovin
Citizenship: United States
Latest trade: Sold $51.1M of APP, 12 June 2026
Born: 1980, Iran

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Pixalate ranks AppLovin No. 2 in US mobile ads with 0% resale but flags 19% as bot traffic at a 52-week low

Pixalate's quarterly trust index scores AppLovin the No. 2 US mobile ad seller with zero resold inventory, then flags 19% of its US impressions as sophisticated invalid traffic and the most delisted-app supply in the top five. The stock sits at a 52-week low with earnings on November 4 and the class-action deadline November 16.

October 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Adam Foroughi

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Latest on Adam Foroughi

Pixalate ranks AppLovin No. 2 in US mobile ads with 0% resale but flags 19% as bot traffic at a 52-week low

AppLovin's Axon now takes 53% of iOS ad revenue while the stock sits at a 52-week low

A class action tests whether AppLovin's AI improved itself on the schedule it sold

AppLovin failed to switch off Unity's ad tool in court; a class action cites $44 billion of lost value

AppLovin's 52.8% growth rides price per install, not volume; November 4 counts both

AppLovin Said Its AI Gains Wouldn't Slow. The Stock Fell 55% Instead.

AppLovin Opened Its Platform. The Advertiser Still Has Homework.

Connections

At AppLovin

Largest fund holders of AppLovin

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth

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Latest on Adam Foroughi

Pixalate ranks AppLovin No. 2 in US mobile ads with 0% resale but flags 19% as bot traffic at a 52-week low

AppLovin's Axon now takes 53% of iOS ad revenue while the stock sits at a 52-week low

A class action tests whether AppLovin's AI improved itself on the schedule it sold

AppLovin failed to switch off Unity's ad tool in court; a class action cites $44 billion of lost value

AppLovin's 52.8% growth rides price per install, not volume; November 4 counts both

AppLovin Said Its AI Gains Wouldn't Slow. The Stock Fell 55% Instead.

AppLovin Opened Its Platform. The Advertiser Still Has Homework.

Connections

At AppLovin

Largest fund holders of AppLovin

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth