Josh Silverman

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).

Josh Silverman
Silverman in 2014
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Education
OccupationEntrepreneur

Early life and education

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.

Career

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]

Personal life

Silverman met his wife in 1998; as of 2018, the couple has two children.

References
  1. 1000 CEOs. D. K. Publishing. 2009-08-17. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7566-7057-3.
  2. Ellin, Abby (2009-09-26). "Learning in Business by Following the Heart". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  3. Gimein, Mark (1999-09-22). "Cool rules". Salon. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. Canabou, Christine (2000-04-30). "Josh Silverman". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  5. "President of EBay's PayPal Quits, Triggering Anxiety". Los Angeles Times. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  6. "EBay names Shopping.com's Silverman to lead Skype". The Mercury News. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  7. Gelles, David (2017-11-25). "Inside the Revolution at Etsy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  8. 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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