Sarah Friar

Sarah J.
Friar is the founder of Ladies Who Launch, Inc., founded in 2013.
Current jobs include Vice Chairman at Spark Program, Inc., Independent Director at Walmart, Inc. since 2018, member of the Business Advisory Council at Illuminate Management LLC, member of the Management Board at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Former jobs include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. from 2021 to 2024; President & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Nextdoor, Inc. from 2018 to 2024; Managing Director-Equity Research Division at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2002 to 2012; Independent Director at Model N, Inc. from 2012 to 2015; Independent Director at New Relic, Inc. from 2014 to 2018; Independent Director at Slack Technologies, Inc. from 2017 to 2021; Independent Director at Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp.
from 2020 to 2021; Independent Director at Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp.
II from 2020 to 2021; Independent Director at Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp.
III from 2021 to 2023; Senior Vice President-Finance & Strategy at Salesforce, Inc. from 2011 to 2012; Principal at McKinsey & Co., Inc.; Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 2000 to 2011; Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Block, Inc. from 2012 to 2018.
Education includes a graduate degree from the University of Oxford in 1996 and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000.