SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- StubHub, the
world's largest ticket marketplace, named Olivier Ropars vice president and chief
marketing officer, effective immediately.
Ropars joins StubHub with extensive global marketing experience
after spending six years at eBay. Most recently, he was the head of
global performance marketing where he was instrumental in helping
to drive significant global growth over a three-year period. He
started at eBay as the senior director of eBay's European mobile
shopping business.
"As a seasoned retail and e-commerce expert, Olivier will be key
to building a global marketing engine to power StubHub's continued
growth and reach throughout the world," said StubHub President
Scott Cutler. "With extensive
international experience and a proven ability to drive results,
Olivier is the perfect fit for our organization as we innovate in
our mission to connect fans to inspiring live event experiences
across any screen – anytime, anywhere – worldwide."
As an engineer with expertise in business, Ropars held various
roles as a strategist and growth leader prior to eBay in the
technology and retail sector, including McKinsey & Company and
Motorola, Inc. He is a graduate of UTC Compiegne in France and earned an MBA from the Kellogg
Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University.
About StubHub
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help
fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows and
artists and introduce them to the ones they'll love next. As the
largest ticket marketplace in the world, we enable fans to buy and
sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever they want,
through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub
app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior
fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale
market in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our
industry firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing
application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first
live entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewards™. Our business
partners include more than 130 properties in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and
NCAA, plus AEG, AXS and Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement.
With the acquisition of Ticketbis in August
2016, throughout the world, StubHub provides the total
end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is an eBay company
(NASDAQ: EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit
StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
or YouTube.com/StubHub.
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