Ned Segal (born ) is an American business executive. He was the

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from 2017 to 2022. He was fired, along with three other top executives, on October 27, 2022, following

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’s

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of the company.

Early life and education

Segal was born . He graduated from Lick-Wilmerding High School in 1992 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Spanish from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Career

From 1996 to April 2013, Segal worked at

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including as the managing director and head of global software investment banking from 2009 to 2013. Segal was later the chief financial officer (CFO) of the

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. Until 2017, Segal was the senior vice president of finance for the small business group at Intuit. In late August 2017, he succeeded

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as the chief financial officer of

. In late October 2022, Segal was one of several executives who were fired after the

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. He reportedly received a

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worth . Segal is on the board of directors of

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and serves on its audit committee.

Personal life

Segal lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.

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