Ben Silbermann — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Executive Chairman of Pinterest since June 2022.
Co-founded Pinterest, which launched in March 2010 and held its IPO in April 2019, valuing the company around $12 billion.
Founder of How We Feel since 2022.
Previously worked at Google in the online advertising group.
Graduated from Yale University in 2003 with a degree in Political Science.

Biography

Ben Silbermann, born in Iowa in 1982, is an American internet entrepreneur. He was raised in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Yale University in 2003 with a degree in Political Science. Before co-founding Pinterest, Silbermann worked at Google in the online advertising group from December 2006 to November 2008. After leaving Google, he began designing iPhone apps with friends, including an initial application called Tote.