CEO, Kickstarter

Everette Taylor is CEO of Kickstarter, the world’s premier crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Under Everette’s leadership, Kickstarter was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies for trailblazing the future of work and for the company’s global impact on the creator economy.

Taylor also currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for 1stDibs (NASDAQ: DIBS), the leading online marketplace for extraordinary design.

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Before joining Kickstarter, Everette most recently served as the CMO of Artsy, the largest online marketplace for buying and selling fine art. During his time at Artsy, he was recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Most Influential CMOs due to the business seeing all-time record revenue growth and brand awareness.

As a marketing executive, he helped lead the on-demand rental car company Skurt and marketing software company Qualaroo, to successful acquisitions. He also co-founded GrowthHackers.com, the largest online community for growth marketers, served as CMO for the popular e-commerce company Sticker Mule, and oversaw growth strategy for new social products for Microsoft.

As a founder, Everette started his first company, EZ Events, at age 19, and it was successfully acquired in 2011. In 2013 he established ET Enterprises, a diverse portfolio of companies including PopSocial, MilliSense, and ArtX. As CEO of PopSocial, he was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018 for his innovation in the social media marketing space.

In 2019, Everette received an honorary doctorate degree from Shaw University for his "meritorious contributions to human society and welfare for humanity."

Most recently Everette was named Ad Age 40 under 40 for revamping Kickstarter’s brand identity as its CEO and was recognized on the Time 100 Next list as an emerging leader who’s shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership.