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David Dugan

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David Dugan is the Vice President and Head of Global Ads Solutions at OpenAI.

Last updated Oct 7, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated Oct 22, 2026

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VP, Head of Global Ads Solutions
Company
OpenAI
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David Dugan is the Vice President and Head of Global Ads Solutions at OpenAI. After earning a degree in business economics from Brown University, he began his career in consulting before joining Digitas, where he served as a strategy lead, and later became president of word-of-mouth marketing startup BzzAgent, leading its sale to Tesco, and then Chief Commercial Officer at Arnold Worldwide. He then spent more than a decade at Meta, where he managed relationships with the world's largest advertisers and holding companies, overseeing the company's global partnership with WPP before ascending to lead its global agency team and ultimately its global clients and agencies VP role. At OpenAI, he is focused on building AI-native advertising solutions within the ChatGPT ecosystem, with an emphasis on ad experiences designed to be additive and aligned with user expectations. He reports to Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer. Source 1: adweek.com — OpenAI Poaches Meta Ad Veteran to Build Its Ads Business Source 2: digiday.com — Who is OpenAI's global head of ads, David Dugan? Source 3: adgully.me — David Dugan joins OpenAI as VP, Head of Global Ads ...

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