Sarah Friar

Sarah Friar
OBE
Friar in 2018
Born
Sarah Jane Friar

(1972-12-24) 24 December 1972 (age 51)
Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
NationalityAmerican, British, Irish
Alma mater
OccupationBusiness executive
Known for

Sarah Jane Friar (born 24 December 1972[1]) is a business executive from Northern Ireland who is the chief financial officer of OpenAI since June 2024.[2] She was the chief executive officer of American technology company Nextdoor from 2018 through 2024,[3] and was chief financial officer of Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) between 2012 and 2018.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Nimmo, Jamie (23 January 2022). "Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar: I grew up with bombs, so I don't want to spread hate". The Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ "OpenAI hires former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar as first CFO". Reuters. 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Nextdoor Announces Leadership Transition and Reports Preliminary Q4 2023 Financial Results". Yahoo Finance. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ Gelles, David (13 August 2020). "A Lifetime of Seeing the Good and the Bad Between Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ Rudegeair, Peter (27 February 2021). "Where Nextdoor's CEO Looks for Neighborly Advice". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Nextdoor's CEO wants to do for community what Jane Fonda did for fitness". Fortune. Retrieved 24 July 2021.