Sarah Friar
Career profile

Sarah Friar

CFO OpenAI | Co-Launcher @ Ladies Who Launch | Board Member @ Walmart, ConsenSys, Operation HOPE | Trustee Stanford University | Advisory Board Blavatnik School | Aspen Fellow | OBE | N.Irish

San Francisco, California, United States

Career path.

  1. Stanford University

    Member Board of Trustees

    Jan 2026 - Present
  2. OpenAI

    Chief Financial Officer

    Jun 2024 - Present
  3. ConsenSys

    Member Board Of Directors

    Mar 2022 - Present
  4. Operation HOPE

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Mar 2021 - Present
  5. Walmart

    Member Board Of Directors

    Mar 2018 - Present
  6. Ladies Who Launch

    Co-launcher

    Mar 2013 - Present
  7. Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2025
  8. Stanford Digital Economy Lab

    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Nov 2021 - Dec 2025
  9. Nextdoor

    Chief Executive Officer

    Dec 2018 - May 2024
  10. Slack

    Member Board Of Directors

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2021
  11. New Relic, Inc.

    Member Board Of Directors

    Jun 2014 - Apr 2018
  12. Square

    CFO

    Jul 2012 - Dec 2018
  13. Salesforce.com

    Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy

    Apr 2011 - Jul 2012
  14. Goldman Sachs

    Managing Director - Business Unit Leader for Technology

    Jan 2000 - Apr 2011
  15. McKinsey & Company

    Business Analyst

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
  16. Arthur Andersen

    Scholar

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1992