Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Pinterest, a visual discovery engine that lets users organize images, links, recipes, and other content. He served as Pinterest's Chief Executive Officer from the company's founding in 2010 until June 2022, when he transitioned to the role of Executive Chairman while Bill Ready succeeded him as CEO. He is best known for co-founding and building Pinterest into a platform with hundreds of millions of monthly active users worldwide. He graduated from Yale University in 2003 with a degree in Political Science and previously worked at Google in the online advertising group before leaving to start his own ventures.
“"He was always asking people... if you weren't working at Pinterest, where would you work? And sometimes there'd be people like, 'I'd probably work at Stripe'... and he was like, 'oh, you're probably not going to be the right person.'"”
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