founded april 10 2006 ; 10 years ago 2006 04 10 headquarters mountain view california u.s. parent google website www.google.com admob admob is a mobile advertising company founded by omar hamoui . the name admob is a portmanteau for advertising on mobile . it was incorporated on april 10 2006 1 2 while hamoui was in business school at wharton . 3 the company is based in mountain view california . in november 2009 it was acquired by google 4 for 750 million . 5 the acquisition was completed on may 27 2010 . 6 7 apple inc. had also expressed interest in purchasing the company the same year but they were out bid by google . 8 prior to being acquired by google admob acquired the company adwhirl formerly adrollo which is a platform for developing advertisements in iphone applications . admob offers advertising solutions for many mobile platforms including android ios webos flash lite windows phone and all standard mobile web browsers . 9 admob is one of the world s largest mobile advertising platforms and claims to serve more than 40 billion mobile banner and text ads per month across mobile web sites and handset applications . citation needed when on may 16 2013 google announced a rebuild of the admob platform at their 2013 i o using technology from their other platforms like adsense with the goal of helping app developers to build their business . 10 contents 1 recognition 2 admob mafia 3 notes 4 external links recognition edit in 2009 admob was listed among the top ten mobithinkers 2009 . 11 in 2010 admob received a mobile premier award . 12 in may 2010 admob was recognized as one of the hottest silicon valley companies by lead411 . 13 admob mafia edit the large acquisition price paid for admob in fast appreciating google stock comparatively soon after incorporation 4 years resulted in a generous distribution of the sales proceeds to its early hires . many have since become prolific investors in technology startups and are known in london as the admob mafia 14 a reference to the well known paypal mafia . in particular chung man tang russell buckley jules maltz and charles yim have become very involved in investing and advising startups with russell buckley taking a role advising the british government 15 on venture investment in the uk s technology ecosystem . notes edit admob sta travel s iphone advertising campaign takes flight . retrieved november 9 2009 . admob google inc. opencorporates . opencorporates . 2015 10 10 . retrieved 2016 03 08 . http www.businessinsider.com admob ceo omar hamoui google 2010 11 google to acquire admob . archived from the original on 12 november 2009 . retrieved november 9 2009 . facts about google s acquisition of admob . archived from the original on 10 november 2009 . retrieved november 9 2009 . we ve officially acquired admob . archived from the original on 29 may 2010 . retrieved may 27 2010 . by chole albanesius pc magazine . it s official google admob deal approved . may 27 2010 . google apple rivalry heats up . channel newsasia . retrieved april 11 2010 . dead link admob ads across mobile platforms . archived from the original on 13 april 2010 . retrieved may 26 2010 . google rebuilds admob with new tools for developers . w3reports . retrieved 16 may 2013 . mobile advertising and marketing awards winners include turkcell admob admob to keynote the mobile premier awards event lead411 launches hottest silicon valley companies awards https drawbridge.com c admob mafia https techcrunch.com 2013 05 10 russell buckley joins uk government to bring about silicon valley in the uk external links edit official website v t e google overview alphabet inc. history list of mergers and acquisitions products criticism privacy concerns censorship domains easter eggs don t be evil advertising admob adscape adsense adwords analytics contributor partners doubleclick doubleclick for publishers wallet communication allo alerts apps script duo calendar contacts gmail history interface google 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