| Website | mpire.com |
| Blog | startupwhisperer.com |
| Birthplace | Seattle, Washington |
| Birthdate | 5/6/70 |
| University of Washington, Bachelor's Degree | 1992 |
| Business |
Dean Jutilla, WidgetBucks
Matt Hulett is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WidgetBucks, the fastest growing online ad network today. He is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully built profitable companies from scratch. After joining Mpire, WidgetBucks’ parent company, as CEO in early 2006, Matt turned the standalone comparison shopping site into a multi-vertical ad distribution platform that serves over a billion impressions a month. Before Mpire, Matt was President of the corporate travel division of Expedia, Inc., the world’s largest online travel company, where he launched the corporate travel business from an idea to a billion dollar worldwide leader in just a couple of years. Prior to Expedia, Matt was a founding partner of the next generation entertainment company, AtomFilms. He served as President of Atom Entertainment, a firm backed by both Sequoia Capital and Macromedia and was purchased by Viacom for $200M. Under Matt’s direction, Atom captured over 20 million unique monthly users and became a leading consumer destination. Matt was the founding consumer products leader at RealNetworks, launching many of the company’s most successful products including the RealPlayer and its premium subscription software businesses. Matt also ran the market-leading Reflection X product line at AttachmateWRQ, a privately held provider of enterprise software. A Seattle native, Matt is a Puget Sound Business Journal 40-under-40 recipient (Sept. 2008), and he offers his extensive executive business insights through his personal blog, http://startupwhisperer.com.
