Fidji Simo

Fidji Simo
Born (1985-10-05) October 5, 1985 (age 39)
Sète, France
Nationality
  • French
  • American
EducationHEC Paris
UCLA Anderson School of Management
OccupationCEO of Instacart
Board member of
Spouse
Remy Miralles
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(m. 2011)​
Children1

Fidji Simo (born 5 October 1985)[1] is a French-American[2] businessperson and the CEO and Chair of Instacart.[3] Before Instacart, she spent a decade at Facebook where she was one of the top executives and led the Facebook App.[4] She co-founded The Metrodora Institute, a health clinic and research institute, and is currently president of The Metrodora Foundation. She is on the Board of Directors at OpenAI and Shopify.[5][6]

  1. ^ Field, Genevieve (16 August 2019). "Fidji Simo Is the New Face of Facebook". Marie Claire. Retrieved 22 August 2019. Fidji Simo, 33, strides into the room...
  2. ^ Lechevallier, Anne-Sophie (11 May 2018). "Fidji Simo, la Sétoise qui compte chez Facebook" [Fiji Simo, the Sétoise who counts at Facebook]. Paris Match.
  3. ^ "Instacart poaches one of the highest-ranking female Facebook executives, Fidji Simo, for CEO". CNBC. 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Fidji Simo, now in charge of Facebook's app, helped Facebook build a $55 billion ad business". Digiday. 18 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Governance- Board of Directors". Shopify.
  6. ^ "OpenAI announces new members to board of directors". OpenAI.