Sarah Friar is an influencer

CFO OpenAI | Co-Launcher @ Ladies Who Launch | Board Member @ Walmart, ConsenSys, Operation HOPE | Co-Chair @ Stanford Digital Economy Lab Advisory Group | Advisory Board Blavatnik School | Aspen Fellow | OBE | N.Irish

San Francisco, California, United States
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Most recently, Sarah Friar was chief executive officer of Nextdoor, the neighborhood network that connects neighborhood stakeholders, including neighbors, businesses, and public services, online and in real life to build stronger, more vibrant, and resilient neighborhoods. She helped take the company public in 2021 under the ticker NYSE:KIND.

Prior to Nextdoor, Sarah served as chief financial officer at Square (now known as Block, Inc.). Under Sarah’s leadership, the company launched its initial public offering in 2015 and added $30 billion in market capitalization. Before her tenure at Square, Sarah served as senior vice president of finance & strategy at Salesforce. Sarah also held executive roles at Goldman Sachs, as well as leadership positions at McKinsey in both London and South Africa.

Sarah currently also serves on the boards of Walmart and of Consensys, a private company in the Web3 arena, and she previously served on the boards of Slack Technologies (from 2017 to 2021), Dragonneer Growth Opportunities Corp. (from 2020 to 2021), Dragonneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II (from 2020 to 2021), Dragonneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III (from 2021 to 2023), and New Relic (from 2013 to 2018). She is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and serves on the advisory boards of Operation HOPE, the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford and The Stanford Digital Economy Lab. She is co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a network that mentors and inspires women entrepreneurs and business owners. She was named to the 2023 NACD Directorship 100 selection, an annual recognition of the leading corporate directors, corporate governance experts, policymakers, and influencers who significantly impact boardroom practices and performance. 

Sarah grew up in Northern Ireland and earned her MEng in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management from the University of Oxford and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar. In 2019 she was granted an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.

In her spare time she loves to hike, read and travel.

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  • OpenAI Graphic

    Chief Financial Officer

    OpenAI

    - Present 1 year 2 months

    United States

  • Walmart Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    Walmart

    - Present 7 years 5 months

  • ConsenSys Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    ConsenSys

    - Present 3 years 5 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Stanford Digital Economy Lab Graphic

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Stanford Digital Economy Lab

    - Present 3 years 9 months

    Stanford, California, United States

  • Operation HOPE Graphic

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Operation HOPE

    - Present 4 years 5 months

    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Graphic

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

    - Present 3 years 2 months

    Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

  • Ladies Who Launch Graphic

    Co-launcher

    Ladies Who Launch

    - Present 12 years 5 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Nextdoor Graphic

    Chief Executive Officer

    Nextdoor

    - 5 years 6 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Slack Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    Slack

    - 4 years 5 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Square Graphic

    CFO

    Square

    - 6 years 6 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • New Relic, Inc. Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    New Relic, Inc.

    - 3 years 11 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy

    Salesforce.com

    - 1 year 4 months

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    Managing Director - Business Unit Leader for Technology

    Goldman Sachs

    - 11 years

  • McKinsey & Company Graphic

    Business Analyst

    McKinsey & Company

    - 2 years

  • Scholar

    Arthur Andersen

    - 1 year

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