Harry Kargman

Harry Kargman (born July 29, 1974) is an American entrepreneur. Kargman is founder and CEO of Kargo Global, Inc., a firm that manages mobile brand advertising for many media companies including CBS Interactive, Hearst, The Daily Mail, Meredith, Scripps, Target Corporation, T-Mobile, Vice, and Vox. and is a member of Ad Council's Board of Directors.

Early life and career Kargman grew up in the greater Boston area and graduated from the private all-boys school, Belmont Hill School, in 1992. In 1997, Kargman graduated with honors from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Government. He has two sisters, Bess, a filmmaker and director of 2011 film First Position, and Sophie Kargman, an actress.

Before starting his own company, he worked at Intel and Intertainer, a broadband content provider.

Kargo Kargo Inc. Kargman initially founded Kargo Inc. in 1999,

However, because the company was Tribeca-based and within the 9/11 impact zone, Kargo received approximately $70,000 from New York City's World Trade Center Business Recovery Grant Program, which kept it afloat. With this grant, Kargman aimed to rebuild the company - but this time without venture capital funds. Kargo has locations in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Dallas, Sydney, and Auckland.

Kargo awards Kargo has received several awards, including:

Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Smarties Gold Medal, Cross-Mobile Integration, Lyft - 2018 MMA Smarties Gold Medal, Social Impact, Lyft - 2018 MMA Smarties Silver Medal, Mobile Video, Lyft - 2018 Inc. 5000 - 2015-2018 Crain's New York Business Fast 50 - 2015-2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 - 2016, 2017 Great Place to Work - 2017 Business Insider's 37 Hottest Pre-IPO Ad Tech Startups - 2016 OMMA Award for Best Rich Media Display: Single Execution, Unilever/Magnum - 2014 OMMA Award for Best Online Advertising Creativity - 2014

Personal awards and honors Kargman has been a guest on programs including CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, 20/20, NPR, and The Today Show and has been featured in publications including The New York Times, AdAge, Adweek, Business Insider, and The Wall Street Journal.

Adweek named Kargman an Innovative Mobile Ad Player in 2017 and City & State named Kargman as one of the 2016 recipients of its Responsible 100 award, which it gives to New York executives and leaders that embody the values of the core principles of corporate social responsibility.

Kargman was also named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 New York in the Advertising Technology category and one of Business Insider'''s Silicon Alley 100 in 2014.

Personal life Kargman married author, writer, and actress Jill Kargman, star of Odd Mom Out,'' in 2002. The two were set up by their grandmothers.

He is the son-in-law of Arie L. Kopelman, former president of Chanel, and the brother-in-law of Will Kopelman.