Ari Balogh
American businessman and racing driver
Aristotle N. Balogh (born March 29, 1964) is an American businessman, technology executive and racing driver who competes in the LMP3 class of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge for Toney Driver Development. He has held executive roles at Yahoo, Google and Airbnb.
Business ventures
In 1999, Balogh joined Verisign as the company's vice president of engineering, before being promoted to senior vice president for operations three years later. Balogh then left the company to join Yahoo in 2008 as its CTO, but ultimately stepped down from his positions just two years later. In 2011, Balogh was set to join StumbleUpon as the vice president of engineering, but never spent a day at the company, as he moved to Google as its vice president of engineering. Seven years later, Balogh left Google to work at Airbnb's CTO, a position he held until late 2025.
Career
Balogh made his car racing debut in 2016, competing in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge for Porsche-fielding Next Level European. Racing alongside Greg Liefooghe in his rookie season, Balogh scored a lone podium at VIR en route to a 14th-place points finish. Moving to BMW-aligned BimmerWorld Racing for 2017, Balogh and Liefooghe took a best result of fifth at the same venue to end the season 14th in points. In parallel, the pair competed for Stephen Cameron Racing in the GTS Am-Am class of the SprintX GT Championship Series, taking five wins and finishing on the podium in all ten races to clinch the title, as the team switched from an Aston Martin to a BMW mid-season.
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