Skillz Hires Airbnb Executive Ian Lee as CFO
May 04 2021 - 6:37PM
Business Wire
Lee Was Head of Investor Relations During
Airbnb’s Successful IPO and Brings Deep Public Markets Expertise to
Top Mobile Gaming Platform
Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), the leading mobile games platform
connecting players around the world in fair, fun, and meaningful
competition, announced today that veteran finance and investor
relations executive Ian Lee has been hired as the company’s Chief
Financial Officer (CFO). Lee will join the company on June 21, 2021
from Airbnb, where he served as Head of Investor Relations and was
on the core deal team for the company’s successful 2020 IPO.
"With an outstanding track record of leading corporate finance
and investor relations at some of the industry’s most respected
technology companies, Skillz will benefit greatly from Ian’s
leadership, business acumen, and proven ability to guide the
transition from pre-IPO to life as a publicly held company,” said
Skillz CEO and founder Andrew Paradise. “We’re fortunate to have
Ian join our leadership team to continue building on that success
and realize our promising outlook and growth trajectory.”
As CFO, Lee will report directly to Paradise and oversee the
company’s finance functions, including accounting, investor
relations, FP&A, tax, corporate development, and strategy.
Formerly Head of Investor Relations of Airbnb, Lee was a key
member of the company’s IPO preparation team, culminating in
Airbnb’s successful $4 billion offering in December 2020 to its
current $100 billion market cap. He has also led investor relations
as a senior finance executive at other world-class technology
firms, including Atlassian and Trulia, both of which he helped take
public; as well as holding IR leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard
and Omnicom Group.
Lee holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Communication Studies
from the Auckland University of Technology.
About Skillz Inc.
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform that connects
players around the world in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.
The Skillz marketplace expands the gaming ecosystem, helping
developers share their art with the world and build multi-million
dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games.
Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual
esports tournaments for 30 million mobile players worldwide and
distributes millions in prizes each month. The company is
headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture
capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and
franchises. Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s
Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next
Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in
America on the Inc. 5000. www.skillz.com
Source: Skillz Inc.
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