Overview

Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, and Tech:NYC invite you to tune in for the latest installment of the Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg Speaker Series, featuring Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television.

Under Silverman’s leadership, Etsy has been one of the breakout companies of 2020, with its stock price up nearly three times since the beginning of the year. As Covid-19 has changed consumers’ behavior — with working from home and wearing masks now common — those consumers have increasingly turned to Etsy’s marketplace of unique products and sellers.

In fact, Etsy sold $346 million of masks in the second quarter alone. And the company’s growth during the pandemic has provided not only new products for its 60 million customers, but also new revenue opportunities for its over three million sellers. Etsy’s ascent since Silverman became its CEO in 2017 should, perhaps, come as no surprise, given his previous record as CEO at both Skype and Evite, two companies he led to successful exits.

We hope you’ll join us for this virtual conversation, in which Silverman and Fu will discuss his career from the first dot-com boom to the current pandemic, how he mobilized Etsy’s sellers to meet the Covid-19 crisis, the role that social responsibility plays at the company, and why customers are now considering it for their everyday purchases.

After you register, you’ll receive an email on the morning of September 9th with a link to watch the broadcast.

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About Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg
Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg is a speaker series that convenes leading figures in global technology for monthly conversations to produce new insights and raise compelling questions. Hosted by Bloomberg, this collaboration between Cornell Tech, Tech:NYC and Bloomberg brings together Bloomberg employees, students, faculty and alumni from the Cornell Tech community, and members of New York’s greater technology community to hear from entrepreneurs, investors, and thinkers.

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Josh Silverman

CEO
Etsy

Josh Silverman is Etsy’s Chief Executive Officer, leading the company as it builds a platform that empowers creative entrepreneurs around the world. He is also a member of Etsy’s board of directors.

Josh’s two decades of leadership experience include growing consumer technology companies and scaling global marketplaces. He previously served as President of Consumer Products and Services at American Express, CEO of Skype, and CEO of shopping.com, and he held various executive roles at eBay. Earlier in his career, Josh co-founded Evite, Inc. where he also served as the company’s CEO. He is currently on the board of directors of Shake Shack.

Josh has a deep commitment to community and civic engagement. He currently serves as Chairman of Code Nation, a non-profit that equips students in under-resourced schools with both fundamental coding skills and professional experiences. He’s also a member of the Stanford Business School Management board and was previously on the board of the Lincoln Center Theater.

When & Where

Online broadcast
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
5:30pm – 6:30pm EDT