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        <issuerName>Trade Desk, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TTD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Stempeck Brian John</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE TRADE DESK, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VENTURA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>93001</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Client Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2016-10-14</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                <value>2020-07-22</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option was granted on July 23, 2010 with a vesting commencement date (&quot;VCD&quot;) of June 21, 2010. One-fourth (1/4th) of the shares subject to the option vest on the first anniversary of the VCD, with one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares subject to the original grant vesting on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to continued employment with the Issuer through the applicable vesting dates.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each share of Class B Common Stock has no expiration date and is convertible for no additional consideration into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time. In addition, each share of Class B Common Stock will convert automatically into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock upon any transfer, whether or not for value, except for certain permitted transfers described in, and transfers to any &quot;permitted transferee&quot; as defined in, the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">All shares of Class B Common Stock will convert automatically into shares of Class A Common Stock upon the earlier of (i) the date on which the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock represent less than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate number of shares of the then outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock or (ii) a date specified by the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Vivian Yang, Attorney-in-Fact for Brian J. Stempeck</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-10-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
