Josh Silverman.

Josh Silverman is the CEO of Etsy, the global online marketplace for handmade, vintage, and creative goods.

Under Silverman's leadership since 2017, Etsy has been transformed from a struggling public company into one of the most successful e-commerce platforms in the world, growing revenue from $441 million to over $2.7 billion at peak. Silverman's strategy focused on improving the buyer and seller experience through better search, personalization, and marketing tools while maintaining Etsy's unique identity as a marketplace for creative entrepreneurs. The platform serves over 90 million active buyers and over 7 million active sellers worldwide. Before Etsy, Silverman held leadership positions at American Express, Skype, and eBay. His turnaround of Etsy demonstrated how a purpose-driven marketplace-one that champions independent creators and artisans-could also be a commercially successful public company. Etsy's growth during the pandemic, when consumers turned to the platform for handmade masks and personalized goods, validated Silverman's investment in the unique community that makes Etsy irreplaceable in e-commerce.