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Bill Ready

Chief Executive Officer at Pinterest · Executive at Pintrest

San Francisco, California, United States

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Bill Ready is the Chief Executive Officer of Pinterest. He previously served as President of Commerce and Payments at Google, Chief Operating Officer at PayPal, and Chief Executive Officer of both Venmo and Braintree. His career includes involvement with five startups, among them Venmo and Braintree.

Chief Executive Officer at Pinterest

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Pinterest's investors · 62

3Spoke CapitalIrvineA.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksACE & CompanyNew YorkAcequia Capital (AceCap)Seattle · $100K – $5M checksAllied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checksAltos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checksAmakor$25M – $200M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2015Avant Global LLCSanta BarbaraBarrel VenturesEvanstonBessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksBirchmere VenturesPittsburgh · $500K – $5M checksBoulder VenturesBoulder · $1M – $4M checksBoundary HoldingLuxembourgBright Pixel CapitalMaiaCentana Growth PartnersSan Francisco · $10M – $50M checksCorazon CapitalChicago · $150K – $500K checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksElaiaParis · $108K – $1.6M checksEmmeline VenturesParadise Valley · $50K – $500K checksFatima Gobi VenturesLahore · $1.5M – $22M checksFirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checksFlyer One VenturesKyiv · $385K – $1.6M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2016G SquaredChicagoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkHarlan Capital PartnersPalm BeachHDS CapitalNew York CityIGNIAMexico City · $100K – $5M checksInvestXVancouverIsaac LidskyJack AltmanSan FranciscoK2 GlobalSingaporeKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLight Street CapitalPalo AltoManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkMillennium New HorizonsSilicon ValleyMillennium Technology Value PartnersBelgradeMosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checksNew York AngelsNew York · $100K – $1.5M checksNew York Venture PartnersNew York · $25K checksNight CapitalCapitolaNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksNucleus Adventure CapitalNew YorkPNCPittsburghR.F.O. Rossello Family OfficeMilanoRackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksRakuten CapitalTokyoRizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checksRueOne InvestmentsNew YorkSalveo CapitalNorthbrookSinai Capital PartnersSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksSolasta VenturesBostonStride Consumer PartnersBostonSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksSWaN & Legend Venture PartnersLeesburgThe Gramercy FundTrue North Cos.U First CapitalSilicon ValleyVelvet Sea VenturesWest Palm Beach

Co-founders at Pinterest

ESEvan Sharp
Evan SharpCo-founder & CDO
BSBen Silbermann
Ben SilbermannCo-founder and Executive Chairman
PSPaul Sciarra
Paul SciarraCo-founder

Executive at Pintrest

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Pintrest's investors · 2

Miroma VenturesLondon · $250K – $5M checksStudio VCNew York · $400K checks

Experience

  1. PinterestChief Executive Officercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. VisaBoard of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  3. Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Board of Directorscurrent2020 — present
  4. ADPBoard of Directors2016 — 2025
  5. GooglePresident of Commerce, Payments & Next Billion Users (Emerging Markets)2021 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
  6. GooglePresident of Commerce2020 — 2021Mountain View, California
  7. PayPalEVP & Chief Operating Officer2016 — 2019San Jose, California
  8. PayPalGlobal Head of Product & Engineering2015 — 2016
  9. PayPalGlobal Head of Merchant & NextGen Commerce2015
  10. PayPalCEO Braintree & Venmo2013 — 2015
  11. VenmoChief Executive Officer2012 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
  12. BraintreeChief Executive Officer2011 — 2019San Francisco, California
  13. iPay TechnologiesPresident2008 — 2011
  14. Accel PartnersExecutive in Residence2011Palo Alto, CA
  15. McKinsey & CompanyStrategy Consultant2005 — 2008
  16. Humana IncManager - Software and Product Development2001 — 2004
  17. Netzee, Inc.Software Development1998 — 2001

Skills & more

Payments48Strategy73Banking6SaaS22Electronic Payments13Private Equity5Product Development13Mobile Devices23Payment Systems21Product Management14Start-ups41Software Development3
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Who is Bill Ready?
Bill Ready is the Chief Executive Officer of Pinterest. He previously served as President of Commerce and Payments at Google, Chief Operating Officer at PayPal, and Chief Executive Officer of both Venmo and Braintree. His career includes involvement with five startups, among them Venmo and Braintree.
Where does Bill Ready work?
Bill Ready is Chief Executive Officer at Pinterest.
Where did Bill Ready go to school?
Bill Ready studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Strategy, Finance, Entrepreneurship); University of Louisville (Bachelor of Science, Information Systems, Finance).

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