Board Members
Nirav Tolia
CEO, President, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and Co-Founder of Nextdoor
Nirav Tolia
CEO, President, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and Co-Founder of Nextdoor
Nirav Tolia is the CEO, President, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and Co-Founder of Nextdoor. Prior to Nextdoor, Nirav was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital, Chief Operating Officer of Shopping.com, and Co-Founder and CEO of Epinions.com. Nirav also serves as the Non-Executive Chair of Hedosophia and is a co-founding director of the William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at SMU’s Cox School of Business.
Nirav holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford University. He resides in Highland Park, Texas, with his wife and three sons. Download Nirav's photo
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Bill Gurley
General Partner, Benchmark
Bill Gurley
General Partner, Benchmark
Bill Gurley has spent over 20 years as a general partner at Benchmark. In addition to serving on Nextdoor’s board of directors, Bill serves on the board of Stitch Fix and Zillow Group as well as several other private companies.
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Jason Pressman
Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
Jason Pressman
Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
Jason Pressman is a managing director at Shasta Ventures and AZ-VC, both venture capital firms. Jason serves on the boards of several other companies.
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David Sze
Advisory Partner, Greylock Partners
David Sze
Advisory Partner, Greylock Partners
David Sze is an advisory partner at Greylock Partners. Prior to Greylock Partners, David was senior vice president of product strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home, and an early investor in LinkedIn, Facebook, Pandora, and Roblox. David is a member of the Board of Trustees at Yale University and Rockefeller University.
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Chris Varelas
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital
Chris Varelas
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital
Chris Varelas is a co-founder and managing partner of Riverwood Capital. Prior to establishing Riverwood, he was managing director at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. He also sits on the boards of Elemental Cognition and MotionPoint, and the Advisory Boards for Streamlined Ventures, Global Ventures and the RAND Corporation’s Center for Global Risk and Security.
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Niraj Shah
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wayfair, Inc.
Niraj Shah
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wayfair, Inc.
Niraj Shah is co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wayfair Inc. Prior to co-founding Wayfair in 2002, Mr. Shah served as Chief Executive Officer for Simplify Mobile Corporation, and Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence at Greylock Partners. Mr. Shah currently serves on the Board of the Shah Charitable Foundation, the Cornell Tech Council and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership.
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Elisa Steele
Board Director: Bumble (BMBL), JFrog (FROG), Procore (PCOR)
Elisa Steele
Board Director: Bumble (BMBL), JFrog (FROG), Procore (PCOR)
Elisa Steele currently serves on the board of directors of several publicly held technology companies including Bumble (BMBL), JFrog (FROG) and Procore Technologies (PCOR). She formerly served on the boards of Splunk (SPLK), acquired by Cisco; Cornerstone (CSOD) and the Global Advisory Board for Salesforce (CRM). Elisa served as CEO & Chair of the board at Namely, previously serving as CEO at Jive (JIVE). Prior to Jive, Elisa was CVP & CMO of consumer apps and services at Microsoft, CMO at Skype, EVP & CMO at Yahoo! and SVP of Marketing at NetApp.
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