Technology and Media Board Member Ann Mather (born April 10, 1960) is an

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business executive. She serves on the boards of directors of

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,Alphabet Appoints Ann Mather to its Board of Directors
October 2, 2015.

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

, Bumble and

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. Her prior board experience includes Airbnb,

Arista Networks Arista Networks (formerly Arastra) is an American computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) for large datacenter, ...

, MGM Studios and Zappos. Mather was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Pixar Studios from September 1999 to April 2004, reporting to Steve Jobs. She is an Honorary Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Early life and education

Mather was born in 1960. She attended the

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in the United Kingdom, where she earned her M.A. degree with a major in geography and land economy.Google Appoints Ann Mather to its Board of Directors
November 29, 2005.

Career

After graduation, Mather moved to

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, UK, where she started her career in the auditing firm

KPMG KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations. Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...

. Following KPMG, she went to work for

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in 1984. While at Paramount from 1984 to 1988, she worked in

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and

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. From 1992 to 1993 she worked for

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to help start the international theatrical distribution arm in Europe. Prior to joining Disney, she was with

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(a division of AIG, later acquired by

MetLife MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), better known as MetLife, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, wi ...

). She held various executive positions at the Walt Disney Studios in

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from 1993 to 1999, including senior vice president of finance and administration for its Buena Vista International Theatrical Division. Right after leaving Disney, Mather was executive vice president and chief financial officer at

Village Roadshow Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures is the American subsidiary of the Australian co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures established in 1986. It is a division under Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), which in turn is o ...

. In 1999, Ann Mather was named executive vice president, chief financial officer, and company secretary of Pixar; a position she held from September 1999 to April 2004. After Pixar, she joined the board of Google and the boards of other public and private companies in the media and technology space.

Board memberships

Mather currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Bumble, and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the board of directors of

and

. She previously served as director of Airbnb,

Zappos.com Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com. In July 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos in an ...

(acquired by

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in 2009),

Shopping.com Shopping.com is a price comparison service owned by eBay and operates websites in USA, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia. Shopping.com started out with the name DealTime.com which still operates as a related, but otherwise separate w ...

(acquired by

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in 2005) as well as of

Central European Media Enterprises Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) is a media and entertainment company that operates television channels in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Until its acquisition by PPF Group N.V. in October 2020, ...

, Shutterfly, Moneygram and Glu Mobile (from September 2005 to February 10, 2021). She was Chairman of the Board of MGM Studios/Lead Independent Director from 2010 to 2019. Mather has helped take seven private companies public, and has been involved in multiple successful dispositions.

References

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