Adam Nash (executive)

During high school Nash did speech and debate and was state-ranked in California.[10] He did an internship at NASA Ames Research Center where he worked on fluid-dynamics simulations in software.[10] Nash graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science with a focus on human computer interaction.[9]

Nash formed an investment club with other engineers, including Michael Schroepfer of Facebook, Amy Chang of Google Analytics, and Scott Kleper at Adobe.[7] The club aimed to help engineers learn about equity markets and investing philosophies.[7] The club was active for over seven years.[7]

After college, Nash began working as a software engineer on the WebObjects team, a part of NeXT, a computer company acquired by Apple.[10] After working for Apple, Nash began working for a start-up company called Preview Systems, and began his MBA at Harvard Business School in 1999.[10] After business school Nash worked in venture capital for two years, before becoming a product manager for eBay. He became the director of eBay Express, a website that focused on fixed-price products.[9]

Nash continued his career in product management as vice president of product management at LinkedIn in 2007.[9] He originally led LinkedIn's core product and user experience team, and then led LinkedIn's platform and mobile products, including the open developer platform and their native applications and mobile web experiences.[9] He founded LinkedIn Hackdays, a seminal program aimed at driving the innovation culture at the company.[9] He joined Greylock Partners in October 2011 as an executive in residence, where he advised the leadership teams of the firm's consumer technology companies and evaluated new investment opportunities.[9]

In January 2013, Nash joined Wealthfront, an automated investment service, as COO.[7] At the time, Wealthfront had less than $100M in client assets under management.[7] Nash became CEO of Wealthfront in January 2014,[8] staying with the company through December 2016.

In April 2017, Nash joined the Board of Directors for Acorns.[4] In September 2017, Nash became an adjunct lecturer in the Computer Science department at Stanford University, teaching the original seminar, "CS 007: Introduction to Personal Finance." [2][3]

Nash joined Dropbox as Vice President of Product & Growth in August 2018.[1]

Nash is the oldest of four siblings. His father is an OB/GYN and his mother a clinical psychologist.[10] He was born and raised in Silicon Valley where he lives with his wife and four children.[9]