Larry Kim is a seasoned entrepreneur, marketer, author, and lecturer with a passion for AdWords, Facebook Ads, entrepreneurship, and startups. He is the CEO of MobileMonkey, Inc. - a popular sales-automation text messaging platform that connects creators and SMBs with customers on the messaging platforms they use daily. The platform is used by millions of users worldwide and is easy and free to use. Kim is also a founder of WordStream, Inc. - the leading provider of AdWords, Facebook, and keyword tools used by millions of marketers globally. The company employs over three hundred people and manages billions of dollars on behalf of tens of thousands of customers. In June 2018, the company was acquired by Gannett for $150 million.

Kim is a highly recognized professional, ranked #8 most popular author on Medium and a contributor to CNBC and Inc. Magazine. Moreover, he has received numerous awards, including Marketer of the Year awards from Search Engine Land, US Search Awards, and PPC Hero. Also, he is a Guest Lecturer at Harvard MBA, MIT, and BU, and has received special recognition from the US Senate and House of Representatives for creating over a thousand high-tech jobs in the last decade.

Kim is a former weekly columnist at Inc. Magazine, blogger at Medium, Google Premier SMB Partner at Google, partner and guest blogger at HubSpot, columnist at Search Engine Land, Founder & CTO at WordStream, and Director of Marketing at Progress Software.