Ned Segal (born ) is an American business executive. He was the

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from 2017 to 2022. He was fired, along with three other top executives, on October 27, 2022, following

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’s

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of the company.

Early life and education

Segal was born . He graduated from

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in 1992 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Spanish from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

Career

From 1996 to April 2013, Segal worked at

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including as the managing director and head of global software investment banking from 2009 to 2013. Segal was later the chief financial officer (CFO) of the

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. Until 2017, Segal was the senior vice president of finance for the small business group at

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. In late August 2017, he succeeded

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as the chief financial officer of

. In late October 2022, Segal was one of several executives who were fired after the

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. He reportedly was and is entitled to a

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worth , but it has not been paid. Segal has served on the corporate boards of

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, and BostonGene. He was on the board of the non-profit

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. In December 2024, Segal was named chief of housing and economic development by San Francisco Mayor-elect

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, one of four chiefs appointed by the mayor to help "improve interdepartmental collaboration and streamline the city's slow and complex bureaucracy."

Personal life

Segal lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.

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