Rob Solomon

CEO, GoFundMe

Sydney

With more than 20 years of experience helping to build some of the biggest names in tech, Rob wants to make GoFundMe the online destination for personal causes. Previously he was a venture partner at Accel Partners, where he advised their portfolio companies on a wide range of strategic and operational issues. Rob's most recent operating role was as President and COO of Groupon during the company's hyper-growth stage. He helped scale the company from 100 to more than 5,000 employees with a focus on Groupon's sales, marketing, business development, operations and international functions. Rob also served as CEO of Sidestep, where he led the company's turnaround and merger with Kayak. At Yahoo, he ran the commerce business unit. He has also served in various product, marketing and investment roles at Electronic Arts, Technology Crossover Ventures, Cendant, GolfWeb, Zaplet, and Hapag-Lloyd. Rob has a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active investor in technology startups, and he serves on the board of directors of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA.

About GoFundMe:

GoFundMe launched in May of 2010 in San Diego, CA, and has quickly become the world’s most popular fundraising platform. With its devotion to helping people raise money for the things that matter most to them in their lives, GoFundMe has clearly made its mark in the space. Since its launch, over $2B has been raised on the platform from more than 20M donors -- $1B of that was raised in the past year through GoFundMe. GoFundMe is leading the "social giving" movement in the US and beyond.