Van Oakes
Founder and CEO of Goat Media
Van Oakes is the Founder and CEO of Goat Media, a performance marketing agency specializing in direct-to-consumer brands and legal sweepstakes. Since founding Goat Media in 2018, he has built multiple six-to-eight-figure businesses and successfully exited two.
Van Oakes gained widespread recognition for his work as a marketing consultant for Diesel Power Gear, the company featured on Discovery Channel's Diesel Brothers. In 2021, he helped scale the brand from $4 million to $30 million in revenue. That same year, he received the "Snapchat Star of the Year" award for his innovative use of the platform.
A regular speaker at international affiliate conferences since 2018, Van has presented at events including AW Asia, AW Dubai, AW Europe, and MAC. He operates extensively in the legal sweepstakes and iGaming affiliate space, sitting on several boards and continuing to lead Goat Media's growth across multiple verticals.