Chris Tsakalakis

3-Time CEO at Kiva, Vivino, and StubHub

Chris is a technology CEO and advisor with more than 25 years of experience developing and leading consumer technology businesses. His last CEO role was at Kiva, an international nonprofit that crowdfunds loans for underserved people in over 70 countries. Before Kiva, Chris was the CEO of Vivino, the world's largest online wine marketplace and most downloaded wine app. At Vivino, his team grew wine sales 2.3x in 2 years. Before Vivino, Chris was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital. Prior to that, he served as President of StubHub, the world's largest online ticket marketplace. Over 8 years at StubHub, his team grew the value of tickets sold from $400 million to $3.2 billion while doubling customer satisfaction and increasing brand awareness by over 50%.

Chris was named to the Sports Business Journal’s 2011, 2012 and 2013 lists of the 50 most influential people in the sports business, the Billboard 2012 and 2013 Power 100 lists and the 2010 and 2011 Huffington Post Sports Game Changer lists. He serves on the board of directors for findhelp and the Western States Region of the American Heart Association. In his spare time Chris is a fitness and automotive enthusiast.