Ben Silbermann
Cofounder, Pinterest
$2.39B
as of 07/05/24
About Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann is cofounder and executive chairman of the photo bookmarking site Pinterest.
Silbermann owns a 38% stake in the company, which had over 450 million monthly users worldwide as of 2023.
He and cofounders Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra, launched the first desktop version of Pinterest in March 2010.
Pinterest lets users save and share image collections from recipes to hairstyles to crafts and home decor through their mobile phones or computers.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Social mediaResidence
San Francisco, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/14/82 (age 41)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale UniversitySelf-made
self-madeBen Silbermann’s fortune is worth
40K
troy ounces of gold
37K
median U.S. household
24K
median U.S. income
0.048%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Did you know?
After graduating from Yale, Silbermann spent three years as a consultant. He joined Google in 2006 but quit to focus on his startup, Cold Brew Labs.
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