Board of directors

Tony Xu is one of our co-founders and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as one of our directors since May 2013. Since January 2022, Mr. Xu has served on the board of directors of Meta Platforms, Inc., a technology company. Mr. Xu holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Shona Brown has served as one of our directors since August 2019 and Lead Independent Director since February 2021. From January 2013 until November 2015, she served as a senior advisor to Google Inc., an Internet search and technology company. From April 2011 to December 2012, Dr. Brown served as Senior Vice President of Google.org, Google Inc.’s charitable organization. From 2003 to 2011, Dr. Brown served as Vice President and later as Senior Vice President, Business Operations of Google Inc. Since November 2015, Dr. Brown has served on the board of directors of Atlassian Corporation Plc, an enterprise software company, and currently serves as its Chairperson. She has also served since March 2009 as a director of PepsiCo, Inc., a food and beverage company, and serves on the board of directors of several non-profit organizations. Dr. Brown holds a B.Eng. in Computer Systems Engineering from Carleton University, an M.A. in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management.

L. John Doerr has served as one of our directors since March 2015. Mr. Doerr has been a General Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, or KPCB, a venture capital firm, since August 1980. He currently serves on the board of directors of Alphabet Inc., the parent holding company of Google, Inc., and Amyris, Inc., a renewable products company. Mr. Doerr previously served as a director of Bloom Energy Corporation, a clean energy company, Zynga Inc., a social gaming company, QuantumScape Corporation, a renewable energy company, Coursera, an education tech company, and Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Andy Fang is one of our co-founders and has served as Head of Consumer Engineering since February 2019 and as one of our directors since May 2013. He previously served as our Chief Technology Officer from May 2013 to February 2019. Mr. Fang holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Alfred Lin has served as one of our directors since May 2014. Mr. Lin has been a Partner at Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, a venture capital firm, or Sequoia Capital, since October 2010. From June 1999 to December 2014, he served as Co-Founder and General Manager at Venture Frogs, LLC, a venture capital firm. From January 2005 to December 2010, Mr. Lin served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of Zappos.com, an online retailer acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. and from January 2001 to June 2005, he served as Vice President of Finance and Business Development of Tellme Networks, a voice recognition services and platform company acquired by Microsoft, Prior to this, from 1996 to 1998, Mr. Lin served as Vice President of Finance and Administration of LinkExchange, a banner advertising exchange acquired by Microsoft. He currently serves on the board of directors of Airbnb, Inc., a vacation rental online marketplace company, and serves as a director of several private companies. Mr. Lin holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University.

Stanley Meresman has served as one of our directors since December 2018. During the last ten years, he has served on the board of directors of various public and private companies, including service as chair of the audit committee for some of these companies. Mr. Meresman was with Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity firm, and served as a Venture Partner from January 2004 to December 2004 and as General Partner and Chief Operating Officer from November 2001 to December 2003. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Meresman served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc., a computing manufacturer. He currently serves on the board of directors of Snap Inc., a technology and camera company. Mr. Meresman previously served as a member of the board of directors of Cloudflare, Inc., a web infrastructure and website security company, Guardant Health, Inc., a precision oncology company, Medallia, Inc., a customer experience management company acquired by Thoma Bravo, LLC, LinkedIn Corporation, a professional social media networking company acquired by Microsoft Corporation, Meru Networks, Inc., a supplier of wireless local area networks acquired by Fortinet, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Inc., a cybersecurity company, Riverbed Technology, Inc., an IT company acquired by Thoma Bravo, LLC, and Zynga Inc., a social gaming company. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ellie Mertz has served as one of our directors since July 2022. Ms. Mertz has been Vice President of Finance at Airbnb, Inc., a web-based lodging and experiences marketplace company, since January 2019, and was Airbnb's interim Chief Financial Officer from February 2018 to January 2019, and Head of Global Financial Planning & Analysis from February 2013 to February 2018. Prior to joining Airbnb, Inc., Ms. Mertz served in various senior finance positions with Netflix, Inc., a media company, from February 2006 to February 2013, most recently as its Vice President, Finance & Investor Relations. Ms. Mertz currently serves as a director of a private company. Ms. Mertz holds a B.A. in Science, Technology & Society from Stanford University, an M.A. in History from Stanford University, an M.I.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Greg Peters has served as one of our directors since January 2022. Mr. Peters has been co-Chief Executive Officer of Netflix, Inc., a media company, since January 2023, and served as their Chief Operating Officer from July 2020 to January 2023 and their Chief Product Officer from July 2017 to July 2020. Prior to joining Netflix, Inc. in 2008, Mr. Peters was Senior Vice President of consumer electronics products for Macrovision Solutions Corp. (later renamed to Rovi Corporation) and previously held positions at digital entertainment software provider, Mediabolic Inc., Red Hat Network, the provider of Linux and Open Source technology, and online vendor Wine.com. Mr. Peters currently serves on the board of directors of Netflix, Inc. and 2U, Inc., an educational technology company. Mr. Peters holds a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from Yale University.

Diego Piacentini has served as one of our directors since May 2023. Mr. Piacentini founded View Different, an investment vehicle supporting entrepreneurs looking to scale their business and/or expand beyond their domestic markets. From February 2000 to August 2016, he served as Senior Vice President of the International Consumer Business and a member of the senior executive team at Amazon. Prior to this, from 1987 to 1999, he worked at Apple Computer Italy where he was eventually promoted to General Manager and Vice President of Apple EMEA. Most recently, he served a two-year civil servant term (2016-2018) as Italian Government Commissioner for the Digital Transformation, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. Mr. Piacentini currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Apolitical and is a member of the Boards of Directors of The Economist Group and Voi Technology. He also serves as a Senior Advisor for KKR as well as Advisor and Chairman of Exor Ventures. Mr. Piacentini holds a B.S. in Economics from Milan-based Bocconi University.

Stanley Tang is one of our co-founders and has served as Head of DoorDash Labs since November 2017 and as one of our directors since May 2013. He previously served as our Chief Product Officer from May 2013 to November 2017. From June 2012 until September 2012, Mr. Tang served as a Software Engineer at Meta Platforms, Inc., a social media and social networking company. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.