Nextdoor CEO and leadership

Sarah Friar is the Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor, the neighborhood app. Prior to Nextdoor, Ms. Friar served as Chief Financial Officer at Square. Under Ms. Friar’s leadership, the company launched its initial public offering in 2015 and added $30B in market cap.

Before her tenure at Square, Ms. Friar served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce. She also held executive roles at Goldman Sachs, as well as leadership positions at McKinsey in both London and South Africa. Ms. Friar sits on the boards of Walmart and Slack. She is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a network that mentors and inspires women entrepreneurs and business owners.

Ms. Friar grew up in Northern Ireland and earned her MEng in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management from the University of Oxford and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ulster University and in 2019 was granted an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.

Prakash is Nextdoor’s Chief Architect. Prakash previously served as a Director of Engineering at Google. Prior to that, Prakash was at Shopping.com, Epinions, and Excite@Home.

Seasoned, international, public company CFO with 25 years of financial planning and analysis, corporate development and strategic planning experience with multi-national, high-growth and public companies. Commercially-minded business partner with extensive experience building international businesses and leading the data analysis and critical thinking necessary to drive effective decisions. Harvard Business School MBA with successful roles in the internet, travel, telecom, banking, private equity, and strategy consulting industries at a variety of stages of company development in Latin America, Asia and the US. Specialties: Business analysis, M&A, Strategic planning, Investor relations, Board management, Business case development, International perspective, Competitive intelligence, Contract negotiation, Balancing growth and cost discipline, Relationship building, Development of high performance teams

Prakash is Nextdoor’s Chief Architect. Prakash previously served as a Director of Engineering at Google. Prior to that, Prakash was at Shopping.com, Epinions, and Excite@Home.

Sarah Friar is the Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor, the neighborhood app. Prior to Nextdoor, Ms. Friar served as Chief Financial Officer at Square. Under Ms. Friar’s leadership, the company launched its initial public offering in 2015 and added $30B in market cap.

Before her tenure at Square, Ms. Friar served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce. She also held executive roles at Goldman Sachs, as well as leadership positions at McKinsey in both London and South Africa. Ms. Friar sits on the boards of Walmart and Slack. She is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a network that mentors and inspires women entrepreneurs and business owners.

Ms. Friar grew up in Northern Ireland and earned her MEng in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management from the University of Oxford and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ulster University and in 2019 was granted an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.