Sarah Friar
Sarah Friar | |
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| Born | Sarah Jane Friar 24 December 1972 |
| Nationality | American, Irish |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | CEO of Nextdoor |
Sarah Jane Friar (born 24 December 1972[1]) is a business executive from Northern Ireland. She was the chief executive officer of American technology company Nextdoor from 2018 through 2024,[2] and was chief financial officer of Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) between 2012 and 2018.[3][4][5]
Biography
Born in 1972, Friar grew up in the town of
She is on the board of
She received a honorary Doctor of Science degree from
Friar is married to David Riley, a former hedge fund partner.[10] The couple has a daughter and son.[22] She lives in Marin County, California.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Nimmo, Jamie (23 January 2022). "Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar: I grew up with bombs, so I don't want to spread hate". The Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Nextdoor Announces Leadership Transition and Reports Preliminary Q4 2023 Financial Results". Yahoo Finance. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Nextdoor's CEO wants to do for community what Jane Fonda did for fitness". Fortune. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Tyrone's Sarah Friar leads US Nextdoor into €3.6bn Spac deal". independent. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Campbell, John (5 June 2017). "Sarah Friar: From Sion Mills to Silicon Valley". BBC News.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar, the neighbour-in-chief steering Nextdoor to public markets". Financial Times. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b Cook, James (13 May 2019). "From Sion Mills to Silicon Valley: How Sarah Friar became one of the most prominent women in technology". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Wang, Selina (10 October 2018). "Square CFO Sarah Friar steps down to join Nextdoor as CEO". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Corporate - US. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Forbes. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Lublin, Joann S. (4 September 2022). "Nextdoor's CEO Sarah Friar Is Opening Doors for Smaller Businesses". Time.
- ^ Savitz, Eric J. (23 February 2024). "Nextdoor Jumps as CEO Exits and Founder Takes Over. It's Buying Back More Stock". Barron's. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Friar". Corporate - US. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Hinchliffe, Emma; Mcglauflin, Paige (8 April 2022). "The Broadsheet: a daily newsletter for and about the world's most powerful women". Forbes. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022.
- ^ Swisher, Kara (15 March 2017). "Slack is adding Square CFO Sarah Friar as its first independent board member". Vox.
- ^ "Ulster University graduations results: Honour for Silicon Valley boss Sarah Friar". Belfast Telegraph. 9 July 2018.
- ^ Hughes, David (23 June 2019). "Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year". i.
- ^ "Sion Mills native awarded an OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours". Strabane Weekly News. 21 June 2019.
- ^ Canning, Margaret (28 February 2020). "Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar: My business has taken off in Northern Ireland as people here are so neighbourly". Belfast Telegraph.
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