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Bill Ready

Executive at Pinterest · Executive at Pintrest

San Francisco, California, United States

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About

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.

Executive at Pinterest

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Pinterest's investors · 59

A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksAcequia 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 PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksBirchmere VenturesPittsburgh · $500K – $5M checksBoulder VenturesBoulder · $1M – $4M checksBoundary HoldingLuxembourgBright Pixel CapitalLisbonCentana 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 FranciscoG SquaredChicagoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkHarlan Capital PartnersPalm BeachHDS CapitalNew York CityInvestXVancouverIsaac 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 FranciscoSWaN & 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 & CEO
PSPaul Sciarra
Paul SciarraCo-founder

Executive at Pintrest

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Pintrest's investors · 1

Miroma VenturesLondon · $250K – $5M 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 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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Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystJohn KimInvestor Relations at General CatalystAdrianna MaInvestor at Index VenturesNeil RimerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Louisville39

Tomi AsantiManaging Partner, Real Estate at Innovestor VenturesCandice RezvanianChief Operating Officer at DPI CapitalEmily SnyderPrincipal at Borealis VenturesMike BiddlePartner at Evok InnovationsBillie Jo NutterInvestor at HCAP PartnersMarjolaine MandagotImpact & ESG Manager at Oryx Impact

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Shared employers

Also worked at Pinterest83

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VCAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital

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Also worked at ADP79

Brian BrackeenGeneral Partner at Lightship CapitalSamantha MartinezBrand Associate at CAVU Consumer PartnersPaul MelchiorreOperating Partner at StripesMcKenna PaulsonDirector, Marketing & Administrative Operations at RRE VenturesEric BregandOperational Partner at Astanor VenturesNathan HarrisChief Operating Officer at Aura Group

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Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox

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Also worked at PayPal219

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC

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