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.
- Stanford University
Member Board of Trustees
Jan 2026 - Present
OpenAIChief Financial Officer
Jun 2024 - Present- ConsenSys
Member Board Of Directors
Mar 2022 - Present - Operation HOPE
Member of the Board of Advisors
Mar 2021 - Present - Walmart
Member Board Of Directors
Mar 2018 - Present - Ladies Who Launch
Co-launcher
Mar 2013 - Present - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Member of the Board of Advisors
Jun 2022 - Dec 2025 - Stanford Digital Economy Lab
Member of the Board of Advisors
Nov 2021 - Dec 2025 - Nextdoor
Chief Executive Officer
Dec 2018 - May 2024 - Slack
Member Board Of Directors
Mar 2017 - Jul 2021 - New Relic, Inc.
Member Board Of Directors
Jun 2014 - Apr 2018 - Square
CFO
Jul 2012 - Dec 2018 - Salesforce.com
Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy
Apr 2011 - Jul 2012 - Goldman Sachs
Managing Director - Business Unit Leader for Technology
Jan 2000 - Apr 2011 - McKinsey & Company
Business Analyst
Jan 1996 - Jan 1998 - Arthur Andersen
Scholar
Jan 1991 - Jan 1992