Sarah Friar
Chief Financial Officer, OpenAI
Sarah Friar has been OpenAI's first chief financial officer since June 2024. She was CEO of Nextdoor from 2018 to 2024, taking it public in 2021, and CFO of Square (now Block) from 2012 to 2018, where she led its 2015 IPO. Earlier she held roles at Salesforce, Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. She sits on the boards of Walmart and Consensys and co-founded Ladies Who Launch, a nonprofit for women entrepreneurs. From Northern Ireland, she studied at Oxford and Stanford and was awarded an OBE in 2019.
Accomplishments
- Became OpenAI's first chief financial officer in June 2024.
- CEO of Nextdoor, 2018–2024, taking it public in 2021; CFO of Square (now Block), 2012–2018, leading its 2015 IPO.
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