Sarah Friar
Sarah, CEO of Nextdoor, shares her book recommendation that inspired her throughout her extensive career in leadership positions at Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey.
1. No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
2. Range by David Epstein
3. Up from Nothing by John Hope Bryant
4. How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith
5. My Life in Full by Indra Nooyi
6. Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz
About the Speaker
Sarah Friar
CEO at Nextdoor, Co-Launcher of Ladies Who Launch
Sarah Friar is Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor. Sarah previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Square and has held executive leadership roles at Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey. Sarah sits on the boards of Walmart and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III and the advisory board for HOPE Global. She is the co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a nonprofit that celebrates and empowers women entrepreneurs. Sarah earned her MEng in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management from the University of Oxford and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ulster University and in 2019 was granted an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.