Josh Silverman | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
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Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Joshua Gordon Silverman (born 1969) [1] is an American entrepreneur and technology executive who is chief executive officer of Etsy. He is known for co-founding the invitation website Evite and being CEO of Skype (2008–10) and shopping.com (2006–08).
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. [2] In 1995 he enrolled at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; he earned his MBA from Stanford in 1997.
In November 1998, Silverman quit his job at ADAC Laboratories [3] to work full time on building what would become Evite. [2] [4] Evite was acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2001. In 2006, Silverman became CEO of Shopping.com, a comparison-shopping engine owned by eBay. [5] In February 2008, he was named CEO of Skype. [6]
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 Chad Dickerson and installed Silverman as chief executive officer. [7] [8]
Silverman met his wife in 1998; as of 2018, the couple has two children.
Josh Silverman | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Education | |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Joshua Gordon Silverman (born 1969) [1] is an American entrepreneur and technology executive who is chief executive officer of Etsy. He is known for co-founding the invitation website Evite and being CEO of Skype (2008–10) and shopping.com (2006–08).
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. [2] In 1995 he enrolled at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; he earned his MBA from Stanford in 1997.
In November 1998, Silverman quit his job at ADAC Laboratories [3] to work full time on building what would become Evite. [2] [4] Evite was acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2001. In 2006, Silverman became CEO of Shopping.com, a comparison-shopping engine owned by eBay. [5] In February 2008, he was named CEO of Skype. [6]
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 Chad Dickerson and installed Silverman as chief executive officer. [7] [8]
Silverman met his wife in 1998; as of 2018, the couple has two children.