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Joshua Gordon Silverman (born January 14, 1969) 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).
Early life and education
Silverman grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he attended Community High School. He 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. 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 to work full time on building what would become Evite. 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. In February 2008, he was named CEO of Skype. He left Skype in 2010 to join Greylock Partners as an executive-in-residence, before moving on to an executive role at American Express.
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.
Personal life
Silverman is married and has two children.
References
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- Treehouse of Horror IV
- Maestro (film)
- Bakteri
- Catherine, Putri Wales
- Harry, Adipati Sussex
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Hail, Caesar!
- Bunuh diri di antara pemuda LGBT
- Josh Silverman
- Etsy
- Barney's World
- Josh Brolin
- Josh Hartnett
- Sarah Silverman filmography
- Skype Technologies
- Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
- The Frogs (band)
- Jonathan Silverman
