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Perion Network company history timeline

1999

Perion was formerly IncrediMail, an email company founded in 1999 by cousins Yaron and Ofer Adler.

2010

Perion was managed by its original founders until August 2010, when Josef Mandelbaum was appointed CEO. Mandelbaum had previously been CEO of American Greetings Interactive, the internet branch of American Greetings.

2011

In August 2011, Perion acquired the Redmond-based Smilebox for $32 million.

2012

In November 2012, Perion purchased Israel-based SweetPacks (or SweetIM) for approximately $41 million.

2014

In January 2014, Perion acquired Conduit's ClientConnect business in an all-stock transaction valued at $660 million.

2015

In December 2015, the firm acquired the digital advertising company Undertone for $180 million.

2016

In September 2016, Josef Mandelbaum announced that he would step down as CEO.

2017

In April 2017, Doron Gerstel became the CEO. Upon his arrival at Perion, Gerstel took steps to reduce the company’s debt and improve “operational efficiency”. The company also expanded its digital television advertising business.

2020

In January 2020, Perion acquired Content IQ, a New York-based startup that optimizes digital advertising by doing tracking and analytics without cookies.

In July 2020, Perion bought the assets of a digital publisher-focused ad-tech company called Pub Ocean, which it integrated into Content IQ.

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Daniel Slivkin,Gal Dagan,Ofer Adler,Yaron Adler
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