Nextdoor Appoints Marissa Mayer, Niraj Shah, and Robert Hohman to Board of Directors
08 May 2024 - 6:06AM
Business Wire
New appointments bring substantial
product-centric operational and leadership experience in the
technology space to Nextdoor’s Board
May 7, 2024--Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KIND), the essential
neighborhood app, is pleased to announce the appointment of three
additional members to its board of directors: Marissa Mayer,
Founder/CEO of Sunshine and former President and Chief Executive
Officer of Yahoo!, Niraj Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman
and Co-Founder of Wayfair, and Robert Hohman, Co-Founder and
Chairman of Glassdoor.
“We are delighted to welcome Ms. Mayer, Mr. Shah, and Mr. Hohman
to Nextdoor’s board. Each of these executives has significant
experience leading successful technology companies at scale,” said
Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor Executive Chair and incoming CEO. “With
proven product-centric operational expertise, we are thrilled that
they have chosen to join Nextdoor’s board at this exciting
time.”
Ms. Mayer has served as Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine
Products, Inc. (a technology startup focused on making the everyday
tasks of sharing photos, events, groups and contacts magical) since
she co-founded the company in 2018. She previously served as Chief
Executive Officer, President and a member of the board of directors
of Yahoo!, Inc. from July 2012 to June 2017. Before joining Yahoo!,
Ms. Mayer spent 13 years at Google, Inc., from 1999 to 2012, where
she held various roles of increasing responsibility including Vice
President, Local, Maps and Locations Services, and Vice President,
Search Products and User Experience. Ms. Mayer has also served on
the boards of directors of Walmart Inc. since 2012 and AT&T,
Inc. since 2024. Ms. Mayer holds a B.S. in symbolic systems and an
M.S. in Computer Science with a specialization in artificial
intelligence from Stanford University.
Mr. Shah is co‑founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Wayfair Inc., a leading global online
destination for the home. Prior to co-founding Wayfair in 2002, Mr.
Shah served as Chief Executive Officer for Simplify Mobile
Corporation, an enterprise software company he co‑founded in 2001,
and Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence at Greylock Partners, a venture
capital firm, in 2001. Mr. Shah served in various roles at iXL
Enterprises, Inc., including as Chief Operating Officer and a
director, from 1998 to 2000, and as Chief Executive Officer of
Spinners Incorporated, an IT consulting company he co‑founded, from
1995 to 1998. In addition to his roles at Wayfair, Mr. Shah
currently serves on the board of directors of the Shah Charitable
Foundation, the Cornell Tech Council and the Massachusetts
Competitive Partnership. Mr. Shah received a B.S. in engineering
from Cornell University.
Mr. Hohman founded Glassdoor, Inc., a digital platform which
provides reputational, compensation, and other information on
companies provided by users, in 2007 and has served as its Chairman
since January 2020. Prior to his service as Chairman, Mr. Hohman
was Glassdoor’s Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to January
2020. Mr. Hohman also currently serves as an advisor to Riot Games,
Inc., a video game developer company, and Executive Producer of
Tweaking Cat Studios, a family gaming studio. Mr. Hohman previously
served on the audit committee and the board of directors of
OpenTable, Inc. from 2012 to 2014. Prior to founding Glassdoor in
2007, Mr. Hohman served in management roles at Hotwire, Inc. and
Expedia Group, Inc. Mr. Hohman received a B.S. and M.S. in Computer
Science from Stanford University.
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(investors.nextdoor.com), its X handle (twitter.com/Nextdoor), and
its LinkedIn Home Page (linkedin.com/company/nextdoor-com) as a
means of disseminating or providing notification of, among other
things, news or announcements regarding its business or financial
performance, investor events, press releases, and earnings
releases, and as a means of disclosing material nonpublic
information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under
Regulation FD.
About Nextdoor
Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND) is the neighborhood network. Neighbors,
businesses of all sizes, and public agencies in more than 335,000
neighborhoods across 11 countries turn to Nextdoor to connect to
the neighborhoods that matter to them so that they can thrive. As a
purpose-driven company, Nextdoor leverages innovative technology to
cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can
rely on — both online and in the real world. Download the app or
join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com. For more information and
assets, visit nextdoor.com/newsroom.
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