About
Evan Sharp co-founded Pinterest in 2010 and designed the tiled masonry grid that became the product's defining visual signature and was widely copied across the web. He served as Chief Design and Creative Officer through the 2019 IPO, left in 2022 and joined OpenAI as a design lead. He trained as an architect at Columbia.
Co-founder & CDO at Pinterest
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A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksABC QuantWilmingtonACE VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Seattle · $100K – $5M checksAcumenNew YorkAgencia Córdoba Innovar y EmprenderCórdobaAllied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checksAltos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checksAmakor$25M – $200M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2015ATPHIZYOM Family OfficeHong KongAvant Global LLCSanta BarbaraBarrows Hospitality and Leisure GroupDubaiBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksBirchmere VenturesPittsburgh · $500K – $5M checksBright Pixel CapitalLisbonCentana Growth PartnersSan Francisco · $10M – $50M checksCorazon CapitalChicago · $150K – $500K checksCurative VenturesDallasElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksFatima Gobi VenturesLahore · $1.5M – $22M checksFirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checksFlyer One VenturesKyiv · $385K – $1.6M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreensoil PropTech VenturesTorontoHarlan Capital PartnersPalm BeachHDS CapitalNew York CityInvest SecureWrocławInvestXVancouverIsaac LidskyJack AltmanSan FranciscoJITO Angel NetworkMumbai · $67K – $5M checksK2 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 YorkPNCPittsburghQalora CapitalStockholmR.F.O. Rossello Family OfficeMilanoRackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksRakuten CapitalTokyoRizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checksRockpool InvestmentsLondonSinai Capital PartnersSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksStride Consumer PartnersBostonSV AngelSan FranciscoSWaN & Legend Venture PartnersLeesburgTages Capital SGR S.p.A.MilanThe Gramercy FundTrue North Cos.U First CapitalSilicon ValleyVelvet Sea VenturesWest Palm Beach
Co-founders at Pinterest
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Benjamin SilbermannExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Ben SilbermannCo-founder & CEO
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Paul SciarraCo-founder
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Evan Sharp?
- Evan Sharp co-founded Pinterest in 2010 and designed the tiled masonry grid that became the product's defining visual signature and was widely copied across the web. He served as Chief Design and Creative Officer through the 2019 IPO, left in 2022 and joined OpenAI as a design lead. He trained as an architect at Columbia.
- Where does Evan Sharp work?
- Evan Sharp is Co-founder & CDO at Pinterest.
- What companies did Evan Sharp found?
- Evan Sharp founded Pinterest.
Paths to reach Evan
People who overlapped with Evan at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
Together at PinterestEvan: Co-founder & CDO
Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDuke UniversityBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestYale UniversityPaul SciarraCo-founder of Pinterest; Executive Chairman of Aurora SolarJeff JordanGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzAmherst College · Stanford University Graduate School of Business








