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Location New York, New York, United States
Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US
Gender Male

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Josh Silverman is based out of New York, New York and is the Executive Chair of Etsy. Josh previously worked at American Express as a President of Consumer Products and Services. Josh Silverman attended Brown University.

Personal Investments

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investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Common Room

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Common Room

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Common Room	—	Seed Round - Common Room	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SiteAware	No	Seed Round - SiteAware	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gusto	—	Seed Round - Gusto	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sidecar	No	Seed Round - Sidecar	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ownza	—	Angel Round - Ownza	obfuscated obfuscation

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Sidecar

Josh Silverman

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Sidecar

Sidecar Sidecar is a news source focused on transforming transportation by providing affordable and accessible information.

Jobs

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Josh Silverman

has

current jobs as

Executive Chair

Etsy

and

Chairman

Scripted.com

. Additionally,

Josh Silverman

has had

past jobs including

Chief Executive Officer

Etsy

Etsy Executive ChairJan 1, 2026
Scripted.com ChairmanSep 2013

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Etsy	Chief Executive Officer	May 2017	Jan 1, 2026
American Express	President of Consumer Products and Services	Jun 13, 2011	Dec 2015
Greylock	Executive-in-residence	Oct 2010	Jun 2011
Skype	CEO	Mar 24, 2008	Oct 4, 2010
Evite	Co-Founder and CEO	Dec 1998	May 2001
Booz Allen Hamilton	Management Consultant	1993	1995
Greylock	Executive In Residence	Oct 2015	—
eBay	Team Member	—	—
Abu Dhabi Airports Company	VP & GM, Regional Field Service Business	—	—
Shopping.com	CEO	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Josh Silverman

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board of Directors

Etsy

Member Board Of Directors

Shake Shack

, and

Chairman

Code Nation

Etsy Board of DirectorsNov 2016
Shake Shack Member Board Of DirectorsNov 2016
Code Nation Chairman2012
Clinc Board Member

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Education

Josh Silverman

studied at

Brown University

and

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Brown University BAPublic Policy19871991
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA19951997

Events

Number of Events

Josh Silverman

has participated in

event,

IGNITION 2018

Dec 3, 2018

IGNITION 2018 Speaker New York, New York, United States, North AmericaDec 3, 2018

Recent News and Activity

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208

News•

Jun 30, 2021