Bret Taylor

Chief Executive Officer at

Sierra Technologies, Inc.

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Founder of FriendFeed, Inc. and Quip LLC, Bret Steven Taylor currently holds the position of Co-President & Chief Operating Officer at salesforce.com, inc. Mr. Taylor is also on the board of Twitter, Inc. Mr. Taylor previously was Chief Technology Officer for Facebook, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer for FriendFeed, Inc. (a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc.), Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital Management Co. LLC, Chief Executive Officer at Quip LLC and Product Manager at Google LLC. He received a graduate degree and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Latest news about Bret Taylor

12-18	OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor says growth of company is limited by access to compute - Fox Business	RE
06/12/24	OpenAI Aims to Ditch 'AGI' Provision With Microsoft in Bid to Raise More Funding, FT Says, Citing Sources	DJ
28/10/24	OpenAI chair's AI startup Sierra gets $4.5 billion valuation in latest funding round	RE
22/10/24	Cybersecurity firm Socket raises $40 million with backing from Bret Taylor, Jerry Yang	RE
26/09/24	OpenAI chair says board has discussed equity compensation for CEO Sam Altman	RE

Bret Taylor active positions

Companies	Position	Start
OpenAI OpCo, LLC OpenAI OpCo, LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI based research and deployment software platform	Chairman	21/11/2023
Sierra Technologies, Inc. Sierra Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI platform for businesses	Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2022

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Former positions of Bret Taylor

Companies	Position	End
SHOPIFY INC.	Director/Board Member	03/06/2024
SALESFORCE, INC.	Chief Executive Officer	30/01/2023
TWITTER, INC.	Chairman	27/10/2022
AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.	Director/Board Member	13/06/2019
Quip LLC Quip LLC Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Develops modern word processor on phones, tablets and desktops	Chief Executive Officer	31/10/2017

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Benchmark Capital Management Co. LLC Benchmark Capital Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Benchmark Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure and enterprise software. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Axon Enterprise, Inc. Axon Enterprise, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Develops and manufactures advanced conducted electrical weapons and software	Electronic Technology
Google LLC Google LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online search engine company	Technology Services
Salesforce, Inc. Salesforce, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops customer relationship management software technology	Technology Services
Meta Platforms, Inc. Meta Platforms, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a social networking service and website	Technology Services
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Sierra Technologies, Inc. Sierra Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI platform for businesses	Technology Services
X Corp. (United States) X Corp. (United States) Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates and develops a social networking platform that allows users to share messages and ideas	Technology Services
FriendFeed, Inc. FriendFeed, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates a social network information sharing site	Technology Services
Shopify, Inc. Shopify, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops and subscribes e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems	Commercial Services
Quip LLC Quip LLC Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Develops modern word processor on phones, tablets and desktops	Electronic Technology
OpenAI OpCo, LLC OpenAI OpCo, LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI based research and deployment software platform	Technology Services