Michael Tabtabai

Over his twenty-year career, Michael Tabtabai has built and led numerous world-class creative teams, both agency-side and in-house for premier companies that include Wieden+Kennedy, Google, OpenAI, Coinbase, and now Airbnb. He is a multidisciplinary creative leader who leverages established and emerging media to craft industry leading brands with heart and cultural impact. Outside of work he can be found tinkering on unfinished projects, driving his three girls to gymnastics, or thinking about finally getting back to racing cyclocross this fall.

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