Josh Silverman

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Josh Silverman
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Silverman in 2014
Born1969 (age 52–53)
Education
OccupationEntrepreneur

Joshua Gordon Silverman (born 1969)[1] is an American entrepreneur and technology executive currently serving as chief executive officer of Etsy. He is known for co-founding the invitation website Evite and serving as CEO of Skype (2008–10) and shopping.com (2006–08).

Early life and education[]

Silverman was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2] He attended Ann Arbor's Community High School graduating in 1987. Silverman earned a Bachelor of Arts in public policy from Brown University in 1991, after which he spent two years working for New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley.[3] In 1995 he enrolled at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; he earned his MBA from Stanford in 1997.

Career[]

In November 1998, Silverman quit his job at ADAC Laboratories[4] to work full time on building what would become Evite.[3][5] Evite was acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp 2001. In 2006, Silverman became CEO of Shopping.com, a comparison-shopping engine owned by eBay.[6] In February 2008, he was named CEO of Skype[7]

Silverman joined the board of Etsy in November, 2016. After an activist investor took a stake in the company and called for it sale, Etsy's board ousted longtime CEO and installed Silverman as chief executive officer.[8][9]

Personal life[]

Silverman met his wife, Shirin in 1998;[3] as of 2018, the couple has two children.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ 1000 CEOs. D. K. Publishing. 2009-08-17. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7566-7057-3.
  2. ^ a b Headapohl, Jackie (28 June 2018). "The Golden Touch". The Detroit Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c Ellin, Abby (2009-09-26). "Learning in Business by Following the Heart". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. ^ Gimein, Mark (1999-09-22). "Cool rules". Salon. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  5. ^ Canabou, Christine (2000-04-30). "Josh Silverman". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  6. ^ "President of EBay's PayPal Quits, Triggering Anxiety". Los Angeles Times. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  7. ^ "EBay names Shopping.com's Silverman to lead Skype". The Mercury News. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  8. ^ Gelles, David (2017-11-25). "Inside the Revolution at Etsy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  9. ^ Safdar, Khadeeja (2017-05-02). "Etsy Replaces Its CEO After Swinging to a Loss". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
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