Armstrong (born December 21, 1970) is an American business executive.
He is the Founder and CEO of the dtx company, focusing on creating experiences, platforms and investing in the direct-to-consumer space.
He was formerly the CEO of Oath Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications that serves as the umbrella company of its digital content subdivisions, including AOL and Yahoo!.
Previously, he was the CEO of AOL Inc.
from 2009 until its purchase by Verizon in 2015.
A Connecticut College graduate in economics and sociology, Armstrong began his career in journalism.
He became known for his online advertising sales in the 1990s, and was appointed as a marketing director for Seattle-based online entertainment-and-news portal Starwave, which was acquired by Disney in 1998.
He was vice-president of sales at the New York-based news-and-gaming company Snowball in 2000.
He became U.S.
sales chief for Google, and then became President of Google America's operation for some number of years.
He replaced the outgoing Randy Falco as CEO of AOL on March 12, 2009.