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Nextdoor Holdings, the well-known neighborhood app, has appointed three additional members to its board of directors: Marissa Mayer, Founder/CEO of Sunshine and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!, Niraj Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman and co-founder of Wayfair, and Robert Hohman, co-founder and chairman of Glassdoor.
“We are delighted to welcome Ms. Mayer, Mr. Shah, and Mr. Hohman to Nextdoor’s board. Each of these executives has significant experience leading successful technology companies at scale,” said Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor Executive Chair and incoming CEO. “With proven product-centric operational expertise, we are thrilled that they have chosen to join Nextdoor’s board at this exciting time.”
Mr. Shah is co‑founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wayfair Inc., a leading global online destination for the home. Prior to co-founding Wayfair in 2002, Mr. Shah served as Chief Executive Officer for Simplify Mobile Corporation, an enterprise software company he co‑founded in 2001, and Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, in 2001. Mr. Shah served in various roles at iXL Enterprises, Inc., including as Chief Operating Officer and a director, from 1998 to 2000, and as Chief Executive Officer of Spinners Incorporated, an IT consulting company he co‑founded, from 1995 to 1998. In addition to his roles at Wayfair, Shah currently serves on the board of directors of the Shah Charitable Foundation, the Cornell Tech Council and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership.
Shah received a BS in engineering from Cornell University. “My parents both immigrated to the US from India, so I think that takes a certain type of entrepreneurial spirit,” Shah said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. He explained that his family shaped his views of owning businesses and taking risks from a very early age. Two of his earliest business ventures included a lawn mowing company and paper delivery service.
