Sarah Friar
Board director at New Relic · Former CEO, President & Chairperson at Nextdoor (NYSE: 2021)
San Francisco, California
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
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About
Sarah Friar is chief financial officer at OpenAI. She previously served as chief executive officer of Nextdoor, taking the company public in 2021, and earlier held roles including chief financial officer at Square (now Block, Inc.), senior vice president of finance and strategy at Salesforce, and executive positions at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. She serves on the boards of Walmart and ConsenSys and on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University, co-founded Ladies Who Launch, holds an MEng from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Stanford, and was granted an OBE in 2019.
Board director at New Relic
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New Relic's investors · 11
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2015CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks · since 2015Dag VenturesPalo Alto · since 2015Four Rivers GroupSan Francisco · since 2015Francisco PartnersSan Francisco · since 2015Golub GrowthChicago · since 2015Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksPJCProvidence · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2015Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks · since 2015Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks · since 2015Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2015
Co-founders at New Relic
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Lewis CirneExecutive Officer, Director
Former CEO, President & Chairperson at Nextdoor (NYSE: 2021)
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Nextdoor (NYSE: 2021)'s investors · 25
Axel Springer Digital VenturesBerlinBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksComcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksCota CapitalSan FranciscoDag VenturesPalo AltoDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2019GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksK2 GlobalSingaporeKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLinus VenturesPrincetonRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checksRiverwood CapitalMenlo Park · $25M – $250M checksShasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checksSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksThe Perkins FundTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checksTop Corner CapitalBurlingameU First CapitalSilicon ValleyValor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checksVentura CapitalLondon
Co-founders at Nextdoor (NYSE: 2021)
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Nirav ToliaCo-Founder, CEO, President & Chairperson of the Board
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Sarah LearyCo-Founder, Chief of Marketing, Community & Business Operations
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Prakash JanakiramanCo-Founder & Chief Architect
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David WiesenCo-Founder (Engineering)
Experience
- OpenAIChief Financial Officercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- WalmartMember Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
- ConsenSysMember Board Of Directorscurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityMember Board of Trusteescurrent2026 — present
- Operation HOPEMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2021 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
- Ladies Who LaunchCo-launchercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Blavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordMember of the Board of Advisors2022 — 2025Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Stanford Digital Economy LabMember of the Board of Advisors2021 — 2025Stanford, California, United States
- NextdoorChief Executive Officer2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackMember Board Of Directors2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- SquareCFO2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- New Relic, Inc.Member Board Of Directors2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Salesforce.comSenior Vice President, Finance & Strategy2011 — 2012
- Goldman SachsManaging Director - Business Unit Leader for Technology2000 — 2011
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst1996 — 1998
- Arthur AndersenScholar1991 — 1992
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sarah Friar?
- Sarah Friar is chief financial officer at OpenAI. She previously served as chief executive officer of Nextdoor, taking the company public in 2021, and earlier held roles including chief financial officer at Square (now Block, Inc.), senior vice president of finance and strategy at Salesforce, and executive positions at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. She serves on the boards of Walmart and ConsenSys and on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University, co-founded Ladies Who Launch, holds an MEng from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Stanford, and was granted an OBE in 2019.
- Where does Sarah Friar work?
- Sarah Friar is Board director at New Relic and Former CEO, President & Chairperson at Nextdoor (NYSE: 2021).
- What check size does Sarah Friar write?
- Sarah Friar typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- Where did Sarah Friar go to school?
- Sarah Friar studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); University of Oxford (MEng, Metallurgy).
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Also attended University of Oxford1,656
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI186
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
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Also worked at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford5
Also worked at Nextdoor34
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkChris VarelasInvestor at Riverwood CapitalSarah LearyVenture Partner at Unusual VenturesAditya NaganathPartner at KPCBBryan PowerVenture Partner at SHAKTILauren NemethInvestor at Premji Invest
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Also worked at Slack64
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackDana ChamorroVice President, Technology at Redpoint VenturesNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture Partners
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