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As CEO since 2020, Brown has steered Upwork — a platform facilitating billions in annual work across 180 countries — through the remote-work boom and into AI-powered talent matching and enterprise services, cementing it as the world's dominant freelance marketplace.
Hayden Brown is President and CEO of Upwork, the online work marketplace connecting businesses with freelancers in over 180 countries and facilitating billions of dollars in work annually.
Since becoming CEO in 2020, she has expanded the platform into AI-powered talent matching, enterprise offerings, and skill certifications. Brown spent nearly a decade in leadership roles at Upwork before becoming CEO and has been named to Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business.
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