CEO Wealth

	CEO WEALTH
Name	Ben Silbermann
Company	Pinterest
Title	CEO
Net Worth	$1.6 Billion
Salary	Undiscolsed

Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Net worth: $1.6 Billion

Source: Forbes

Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Salary: Undisclosed

Pinterest is currently a private company, so there is no obligation for the corporation to publish the salaries of their executive team. However, Pinterest will likely complete it’s IPO in 2019, in which case the salaries of the executive team will be disclosed.

Related: Everything you need to know about the Pinterest IPO

About Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann is the co-founder of Pinterest. Silberman founded Pinterest along with Paul Sciarra, and a third co-founder who quit after just two weeks. Silbermann is from Des Moines, Iowa, and a graduate of Yale University where he majored in Political Science. Before Pinterest, he worked for Google as a product specialist where he worked with Google’s ad displaying products. He is described by TechCrunch’s Derek Andersen as, “one of the most humble entrepreneurs I have met in my seven years in Silicon Valley.”

Ben Silbermann Hire Date:

March 2010 – The founding date of Pinterest. (Forbes)

* Technically, Pinterest began under a company named, Cold Brew Labs, which was co-founded by Ben Silbermann. Cold Brew Labs was founded in August 2008. (Source – Business Insider)

Ben Silbermann Business Profile

Current company and position

Ben Silbermann is the founder and current CEO of, Pinterest. Silbermann started Pinterest under a company named, Cold Brew Labs, which was co-founded in August 2008 by Silbermann and Paul Sciarra.

Companies Ben Silbermann worked with prior to Pinterest

Tinkering – Designed MightyQuiz, a Y-Combinator funded trivia site that powers trivia games for web communities like CyWorld and ArtistDirect.
Google – Product Specialist – Helped design, test and launch new display advertising products. Products / Focus Areas: AdSense Display Ads, Google Ad Manager, Reservation Pricing and Network Yield Management.
Corporate Executive Board – Infrastructure and IT consulting for CIOs and Infrastructure Executives at Fortune 1000 companies. Worked on-site to develop infrastructure management plans for big companies like McDonald’s, Hallmark, and Chevron.