Paul Sciarra (born c. 1981) is an American
Internet entrepreneur
An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some Chie ...
. He is a co-founder of
Pinterest
Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") on the internet using images, and on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboard ...
.
Early life
Sciarra was born circa 1981.
He graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
.
Career
Sciarra worked at venture capital firm Radius Ventures, LLC. In 2008 he quit his job, along with
Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann (born July 14, 1982) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine. which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things.
Early life
Silberm ...
, to create Cold Brew Labs.
That same year, Sciarra, Silbermann and
Evan Sharp
Evan Sharp (born 1982) is an American billionaire Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief design and creative officer of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine. He joined the company's board of directors in March 2019.
Early life
Sha ...
launched Pinterest, and Sciarra became the President and CEO.
In 2012, he left the company but remained on as an advisor.
After leaving Pinterest, Sciarra took a role as an entrepreneur-in-residence at venture capital firm
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz (also called a16z, legal name AH Capital Management, LLC) is a private American venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Andreessen ...
.
In 2014, he became executive chairman of
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation is a United States venture capital, venture-backed aviation company, developing an eVTOL, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it intends to operate as an air taxi service. Joby Aviation is headquartered in Sa ...
, after making its first outside investment.
Personal life
Sciarra resides in
San Francisco, California
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.
According to ''
Forbes
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'', he was worth an estimated $550 million in 2016.
References
External links
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Living people
1980s births
Businesspeople from San Francisco
Yale University alumni
American technology company founders
Pinterest people
Giving Pledgers
21st-century philanthropists