Niraj Shah, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director (Co-Chairman)

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Mr. Shah is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since 2002. Prior to founding Wayfair, Mr. Shah served as Chief Executive Officer for Simplify Mobile Corporation, an enterprise software company he co-founded in 2001, and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, in 2001. Mr. Shah served in various roles at iXL Enterprises, Inc., including as Chief Operating Officer and a director, from 1998 to 2000, and as Chief Executive Officer of Spinners Incorporated, an IT consulting company he co-founded, from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Shah received a B.S. from Cornell University.

Steven Conine, Co-Founder, Director (Co-Chairman)

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Mr. Conine is our co-founder and has served as a member of our Board since 2002; he previously served as our Chief Technology Officer from 2002 until 2015. Prior to founding Wayfair, Mr. Conine served as Chief Technology Officer for Simplify Mobile Corporation, an enterprise software company he co-founded in 2001, Chief Operating Officer for the London office of iXL Enterprises, Inc. from 1999 to 2000, and Chief Technology Officer of Spinners Incorporated, an IT consulting company he co-founded, from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Conine has served on the board of directors of CarGurus, Inc. since June 2018. Mr. Conine received a B.S. from Cornell University.

Michael Choe, Director

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Mr. Choe has served as a member of our Board since May 2020. Mr. Choe has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Charlesbank Capital Partners, an investment management firm managing over $15 billion of cumulative capital raised since inception, since July 2017. Mr. Choe joined Harvard Private Capital Group, the predecessor to Charlesbank, in 1997, and was appointed as Managing Director in 2006 and President in 2014. Prior to that Mr. Choe was with McKinsey & Company, where he focused on corporate strategy work. Mr. Choe serves on the boards of several private companies. Mr. Choe holds a B.A. in biology from Harvard University

Andrea Jung, Director

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Andrea Jung has served as a member of our Board since May 2018. Ms. Jung has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grameen America LLC, a nonprofit microfinance organization, since April 2014, where she also serves on the board of directors. Ms. Jung previously served as Executive Chairman of Avon Products, Inc., a personal care products company, from April 2012 to December 2012, and as Chairman of the board of directors of Avon from September 2001 to April 2012. Ms. Jung served as Chief Executive Officer of Avon from November 1999 to April 2012, and served as a member of the board of directors of Avon from January 1998 to December 2012. Ms. Jung has served on the board of directors of Apple Inc. since January 2008 and Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. since May 2018, and previously served on the boards of General Electric Company from July 1998 to March 2018 and Daimler AG from April 2013 to April 2018. Ms. Jung is a graduate of Princeton University.

Jeremy King, Director

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Mr. King has served as a member of our Board since August 2021. Since April 2019, Mr. King has served as Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering at Pinterest. Mr. King previously served as a senior executive of Walmart from 2011 to 2019, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart US and E-commerce from 2017 to 2019 and Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, WalmartLabs from 2011 to 2017. Prior to joining Walmart, Mr. King served as Executive Vice President, Technology of LiveOps from 2008 to 2011 and as Vice President Software Development and Engineering of eBay from 2001 to 2008. Mr. King serves on the board of a private company. Mr. King holds a B.S. from San Jose State University.

Michael Kumin, Director

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Mr. Kumin has served as a member of our Board since June 2011. Mr. Kumin has worked as an investment professional at Great Hill Partners, a private equity investment firm, since 2002 where he currently serves as a Managing Director. Mr. Kumin previously served on the board of directors of The RealReal, Inc. from May 2017 to August 2021 and Yoga Works, Inc. from July 2014 to October 2020. Mr. Kumin currently serves on the boards of several private companies. Mr. Kumin earned a B.A. in Public Policy and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Jeffrey Naylor, Director

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Mr. Naylor has served as a member of our Board since January 2018. Mr. Naylor previously served as a senior executive with The TJX Companies, Inc., including as Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2006; as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer from 2006 to 2007; as Chief Administrative and Business Development Officer from 2007 to 2009; as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer from February 2009 to January 2012; as Chief Administrative Officer from January 2012 to February 2013; and as Senior Corporate Advisor from February 2013 to April 2014. Prior to joining TJX, Mr. Naylor served as Chief Financial Officer of Big Lots, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Dade Behring, Inc. from 2000 to 2001. He is also the Managing Director of his consulting firm, Topaz Consulting, LLC, which he founded in April 2014. Mr. Naylor has served on the board of directors of Synchrony Financial since July 2014 and Dollar Tree, Inc. since March 2018. Mr. Naylor previously served on the board of Emerald Expositions from September 2013 to May 2021. Mr. Naylor received a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Anke Schäferkordt, Director

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Ms. Schäferkordt has served as a member of our Board since September 2019. Ms. Schäferkordt previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of RTL Television and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland GmbH from 2005 to 2018 and the Co-Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group S.A. from 2012 to 2017. Ms. Schäferkordt was a member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA from 2012 to 2018, a member of the BASF SE Supervisory Board from 2010 to 2022 and is currently a member of the BMW AG Supervisory Board. Ms. Schäferkordt is a graduate of Paderborn University.

Michael E. Sneed, Director

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Mr. Sneed has served as a member of our Board since November 2020. Mr. Sneed served as Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer at Johnson & Johnson from July 2018 to April 2022 where he led the company's global marketing, communication, design and philanthropy functions. Mr. Sneed originally joined Johnson & Johnson in 1983 and held multiple leadership positions, including joining the Executive Committee in July 2018 and becoming the Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer in 2017, the Company Group Chairman, Vision Care Franchise in 2007 and the Company Group Chairman, Consumer North America in 2004. Mr. Sneed holds a Master's degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from Macalester College.