Blake Irving

Director/Board Member at AUTODESK, INC.

Net worth: 4 M $ as of 30/05/2026

66 year

93 connections

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Blake J.
Irving is currently Chief Executive Officer & Director at YAM Special Holdings, Inc. He serves as Independent Director at Autodesk, Inc. since 2019, DocuSign, Inc. since 2018, and ZipRecruiter, Inc. since 2018.
He is also Director at Flowhub Holdings, Inc. since 2020.
Formerly, Mr. Irving was President & Chief Executive Officer at Balancepoint Enterprises, Inc. from 2007 to 2009.
He was Director at GoDaddy, Inc. in 2018.
He served as Vice President-Windows Live Platform Group at Microsoft Corp.
from 1999 to 2007.
He was Chief Product Officer & Executive Vice President at Yahoo!, Inc. from 2010 to 2012.
He held the position of Professor at Pepperdine University and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School from 2009 to 2010.
Other former roles include Product Manager at Compaq Computer Corp.
and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Principal at Xerox Corp.
from 1981 to 2013, and Director at StudyBlue, Inc. and Desert Newco LLC.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University in 1983 and an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in 1988.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
AUTODESK, INC. 0.01%	30/03/2026	10,790 ( 0.01% )	2 M $	30/05/2026
DOCUSIGN, INC. 0.01%	31/05/2026	26,093 ( 0.01% )	1 M $	30/05/2026
ZIPRECRUITER, INC. CLASS A 0.11%	08/06/2026	75,763 ( 0.11% )	245 472 $	30/05/2026
ZIPRECRUITER, INC. -.--%	08/04/2026	0 ( -.--% )	- $	30/05/2026

Blake Irving active positions

Companies	Position	Start
DOCUSIGN, INC.	Director/Board Member	28/08/2018
ZIPRECRUITER, INC.	Director/Board Member	31/10/2018
AUTODESK, INC.	Director/Board Member	21/03/2019
Flowhub Holdings, Inc. Flowhub Holdings, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cannabis retail management platform that helps to increase cannabis sales	Director/Board Member	31/12/2019
YAM Special Holdings, Inc. YAM Special Holdings, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides domain names and web hosting services	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Former positions of Blake Irving

Companies	Position	End
GODADDY INC.	Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2017
Yahoo!, Inc. Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a digital media company that delivers personalized digital content and experiences across devices	Corporate Officer/Principal	26/04/2012
Pepperdine University Pepperdine University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/04/2010
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2009
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Private companies	17
Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Designs and develops multimedia software products	Technology Services
Compaq Computer Corp. Compaq Computer Corp. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Develops and manufactures a wide range of personal computing products	Electronic Technology
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products	Technology Services
Xerox Corp. Xerox Corp. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Manufactures and sells print & digital document products through online and provides related management software solutions	Electronic Technology
Yahoo!, Inc. Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a digital media company that delivers personalized digital content and experiences across devices	Technology Services
DocuSign, Inc. DocuSign, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based electronic signature solutions	Technology Services
StudyBlue, Inc. StudyBlue, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides online academic networks services	Technology Services
Desert Newco LLC Desert Newco LLC MiscellaneousMiscellaneous Operates as a holding company	Miscellaneous
GoDaddy, Inc. GoDaddy, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides domain name registration and web hosting services	Technology Services
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Manufactures and sells ATM's, cash handling machines, branch terminals, ticket reservation terminals, disaster prevention systems and defense systems	Electronic Technology
San Diego State University San Diego State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Pepperdine University Pepperdine University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
YAM Special Holdings, Inc. YAM Special Holdings, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides domain names and web hosting services	Technology Services
ZipRecruiter, Inc. ZipRecruiter, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides online employment platform services	Technology Services
Flowhub Holdings, Inc. Flowhub Holdings, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cannabis retail management platform that helps to increase cannabis sales	Technology Services
Balancepoint Enterprises, Inc.
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services