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Everette Taylor

Chief Executive Officer, Kickstarter

Taking the Unorthodox Journey to Success

Event Date: September 16, 2024 11:30am – 1:30pm
Event Location: International Ballroom, JW Marriott

Everette Taylor is CEO of Kickstarter, the worldโ€™s premier crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Under Everetteโ€™s leadership, Kickstarter was named one of Time Magazineโ€™s 100 Most Influential Companies for trailblazing the future of work and for the companyโ€™s global impact in the creator economy.

Prior to 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 Business Insider as one of the World’s Most Innovative CMOs and by Forbes as one of the World’s Most Influential CMOs due to the business seeing all-time record revenue growth and brand awareness.ย 

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

Embrace the hard things. Being a leader is not an easy job. There's never going to be a time and day where 100% of people like you or support you or believe in you.