David A. Ebersman (born 1969)
is an American businessman and the co-founder and
chief executive officer of
Lyra Health. He previously served as
chief financial officer
The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...
of
Facebook and
Genentech
Genentech, Inc., is an American biotechnology corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California. It became an independent subsidiary of Roche in 2009. Genentech Research and Early Development operates as an independent center within R ...
.
At Facebook, Ebersman orchestrated the largest U.S. Internet IPO of all time and set a record for CFO stock sales.
Early life
David Ebersman was born in 1969.
He attended the
Trinity School in
New York City, graduating in 1987. Ebersman attended
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
and graduated in June 1991 with an
AB in
international relations and
Economics.
Career
Ebersman began his professional career at
Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. in September 1991 as a Research Analyst. Ebersman left Oppenheimer & Co in February 1994 and began working for
Genentech
Genentech, Inc., is an American biotechnology corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California. It became an independent subsidiary of Roche in 2009. Genentech Research and Early Development operates as an independent center within R ...
. He served as executive vice president and CFO of the company between 2006 and 2009.
Facebook
In September 2009, Ebersman joined Facebook as the company's