Christa Quarles
Director/Board Member at AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC.
Net worth: 16 M $ as of 30/12/2024
Profile
Christa Sober Quarles is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Corel Corp.
and the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Cascade Parent Ltd.
She is also an Independent Director at Kimberly-Clark Corp., a Director at Orchard Technologies, Inc., a Director at Affirm, Inc., the Secretary & Director at Opentable UK Holding Ltd., and the Lead Independent Director at Affirm Holdings, Inc. In the past, Ms. Quarles served as the Chief Executive Officer at OpenTable, Inc. from 2015 to 2018.
She was also a Director & Secretary at OpenTable International Ltd., a Managing Director at Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President & GM at The Walt Disney Co. from 2010 to 2014, an Assistant Vice President at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., the Chief Business Officer at Center’d Corp.
from 2014 to 2015, a Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and the Chief Financial Officer at Playdom, Inc. from 2009 to 2010.
Additionally, she served as the Chief Business Officer at Nextdoor, Inc. from 2014 to 2015 and as an Operating Partner at Advent International LP from 2019 to 2020.
Ms. Quarles completed her undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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12/12/2024 | 142,325 ( 0.05% ) | 9 M $ | 30/12/2024 | |
29/09/2024 | 120,890 ( 0.2% ) | 7 M $ | 30/12/2024 | |
01/01/2025 | 0 ( -.--% ) | - $ | 30/12/2024 |
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Christa Quarles active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION | Director/Board Member | 14/06/2016 |
AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2020 |
Cascade Parent Ltd.
![]() Cascade Parent Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Cascade Parent Ltd. provides professional-caliber graphics, virtualization, and productivity solutions services. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Christa Sober Quarles. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Orchard Technologies, Inc.
![]() Orchard Technologies, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance Orchard Technologies, Inc. simplifies the process of buying a new home with their Move First and Offer Boost real estate services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Courtland B. Cunningham, Phil DeGisi, and Court Cunningham, with Courtland B. Cunningham, Courtland B. Cunningham, and Court Cunningham serving as CEOs since incorporation. These services allow customers to purchase a new home with cash offers before selling their old ones, making the process simple and stress-free. | Director/Board Member | 30/09/2021 |
Corel Corp.
![]() Corel Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Corel Corp. engages in the development of software solutions for graphics, productivity, and digital media products. Its products includes CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Painter Essentials 7, PhotoMirage, WinDVD Pro 12, PDF Fusionn, and WinZip Pro. The company was founded by Michael Cowpland in 1989 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. | Chief Executive Officer | 28/09/2020 |
Affirm, Inc.
![]() Affirm, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2017 |
Opentable UK Holding Ltd.
![]() Opentable UK Holding Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Booking Holdings, Inc., Opentable UK Holding Ltd. functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2010. | Director/Board Member | 14/10/2015 |
Former positions of Christa Quarles
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Advent International LP
![]() Advent International LP Investment ManagersFinance Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2019 |
OpenTable International Ltd.
![]() OpenTable International Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services OpenTable International Ltd. operates an online portal for restaurants. The firm also provides guest management solutions for restaurants. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, The United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | 30/11/2018 |
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Training of Christa Quarles
Carnegie Mellon University | Undergraduate Degree |
Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Listed companies | 3 |
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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION | Consumer Non-Durables |
AFFIRM HOLDINGS, INC. | Finance |
WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) | Consumer Services |
Private companies | 14 |
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Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
![]() Thomas Weisel Partners LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1998, Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Boston, Denver, Colorado and Palo Alto, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWPG), a San Francisco-based investment banking firm. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). TWP's investment banking, brokerage and equity research divisions serve emerging growth companies and institutional investors around the world. They are a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. TWP specializes in the growth sectors of the economy with a particular focus on the consumer, energy, healthcare, Internet, media/telecommunications, metals/mining and technology sectors. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on: financial products, gaming/lodging, interactive market services, lifestyles/sports retailers, restaurants and hardlines and softlines retailing. TWP's global energy research is provided by analysts in three countries and covers the following trends: (1) fast-growing oil and natural gas producers in North America and worldwide (2) domestic and international energy service companies and (3) alternative energy technology and resource developers. Within the healthcare sector, TWP focuses on: biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical services, life science technology, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. The firm's interest in the Internet, media and telecommunications sector include: Internet services, media, broadcasting and telecommunications services. Their focus within the metals and mining sector include: base metals, gold, precious metals and uranium. TWP's technology research focuses on: (1) applied technologies (2) communications components (3) core and wireless communications equipment (4) IP networking communications equipment (5) electronic supply chain (6) enterprise hardware (7) information and financial technology services (8) semiconductor capital equipment (9) broadline and specialty semiconductors (10) applications and communications software and (11) infrastructure software. TWP also provides value-added equities analysis across a variety of sectors including: industrials, financials, consumer, technology and healthcare. | Finance |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
![]() Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC, which is owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). provides debt and equity services such as underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds. | Finance |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. /Old/
![]() Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange. | Finance |
Playdom, Inc.
![]() Playdom, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Playdom, Inc. provides online gaming services. Its products include action and adventure games, simulation games, role playing games and sports games. It offers services to Facebook and MySpace. The company was founded in February 2008 by Chris Wang, ling Xiao and Dan Hue and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
OpenTable, Inc.
![]() OpenTable, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OpenTable, Inc. provides solutions that form an online network connecting reservation-taking restaurants and people. The firm offers solutions for restaurants include proprietary electronic reservation book and connect, as well as a number of related products and services. The company was founded by Chuck Templeton on October 13, 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Center’d Corp.
![]() Center’d Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Center'd Corp. operated Director an online community network. It was a local search and discovery site that organizes and distributes content based on SentimentAnalysis, its unique approach to analyzing conversations about local places on the web. The company was founded by Jennifer Dulski and Chandu Thota in 2006 and was headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Technology Services |
OpenTable International Ltd.
![]() OpenTable International Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services OpenTable International Ltd. operates an online portal for restaurants. The firm also provides guest management solutions for restaurants. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, The United Kingdom. | Technology Services |
Opentable UK Holding Ltd.
![]() Opentable UK Holding Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Booking Holdings, Inc., Opentable UK Holding Ltd. functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2010. | Finance |
Nextdoor, Inc.
![]() Nextdoor, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Nextdoor, Inc. engages in the development of a private social network. It offers a neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of information, goods, and services. The company was founded by Prakash Janakiraman, Nirav N. Tolia, Sarah Leary, Adam Ginsburg, and David Wiesen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Affirm, Inc.
![]() Affirm, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Corel Corp.
![]() Corel Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Corel Corp. engages in the development of software solutions for graphics, productivity, and digital media products. Its products includes CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Painter Essentials 7, PhotoMirage, WinDVD Pro 12, PDF Fusionn, and WinZip Pro. The company was founded by Michael Cowpland in 1989 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. | Technology Services |
Orchard Technologies, Inc.
![]() Orchard Technologies, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance Orchard Technologies, Inc. simplifies the process of buying a new home with their Move First and Offer Boost real estate services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Courtland B. Cunningham, Phil DeGisi, and Court Cunningham, with Courtland B. Cunningham, Courtland B. Cunningham, and Court Cunningham serving as CEOs since incorporation. These services allow customers to purchase a new home with cash offers before selling their old ones, making the process simple and stress-free. | Finance |
Cascade Parent Ltd.
![]() Cascade Parent Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Cascade Parent Ltd. provides professional-caliber graphics, virtualization, and productivity solutions services. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Christa Sober Quarles. | Technology Services |
Advent International LP
![]() Advent International LP Investment ManagersFinance Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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