Sarah Friar
Sarah Friar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 1972 |
| Nationality | American, Irish |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | CEO of Nextdoor |
Sarah Friar (born 24 December 1972[1]) is a business executive from Northern Ireland who is CEO of American technology company Nextdoor.[2][3][4]
Biography
She grew up in the town of Sion Mills in Northern Ireland.[5] She graduated from the University of Oxford and Stanford Graduate School of Business.[6] She was an analyst for McKinsey,[7] and at Goldman Sachs before becoming Chief Financial Officer at Square,[8][9] and then joining Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social networking service for neighborhoods, as the CEO.
She is on the board of Slack, Walmart and ConsenSys.[8][10][11]
References
- ^ Nimmo, Jamie (23 January 2022). "Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar: I grew up with bombs, so I don't want to spread hate". The Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
- ^ Gelles, David (13 August 2020). "A Lifetime of Seeing the Good and the Bad Between Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Rudegeair, Peter (27 February 2021). "Where Nextdoor's CEO Looks for Neighborly Advice". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Nextdoor's CEO wants to do for community what Jane Fonda did for fitness". Fortune. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Tyrone's Sarah Friar leads US Nextdoor into €3.6bn Spac deal". independent. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar, the neighbour-in-chief steering Nextdoor to public markets". Financial Times. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sarah Friar". Corporate - US. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Forbes. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Corporate - US. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Hinchliffe, Emma; Mcglauflin, Paige (8 April 2022). "The Broadsheet: a daily newsletter for and about the world's most powerful women". Forbes. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022.
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