Bill Ready

Bill Ready is the Chief Executive Officer of Pinterest, the visual discovery and inspiration platform, a role he has held since June 2022. At Pinterest, Ready has been the driving force behind the company's strategic pivot toward becoming a shoppable, commerce-enabled platform — blending upper-funnel inspiration with lower-funnel conversion in ways that are reshaping how brands think about social commerce and advertising. Under his leadership, Pinterest has deepened integrations with major retail and advertising partners, expanded its performance advertising capabilities, and positioned itself as a unique alternative to traditional social media in the AdTech ecosystem. Prior to Pinterest, Ready served as President of Commerce and Payments at Google, where he led the company's efforts to build out Google Shopping, Google Pay, and broader commerce infrastructure — making Google a more formidable player in retail media and transactional advertising. Before Google, he was Chief Operating Officer at PayPal, where he oversaw global operations and helped scale the payments giant's merchant and consumer ecosystems. Earlier in his career, Ready was CEO of Braintree and helped navigate its acquisition by PayPal, and also held leadership roles at Venmo following its integration into the PayPal family. Ready's career arc — spanning payments, commerce, and now social media advertising — gives him a distinctive cross-disciplinary perspective that is rare among platform CEOs. He is widely regarded as an operator who understands both the technical infrastructure of digital transactions and the strategic imperatives of advertising monetization, making him a significant voice in conversations about the convergence of retail media, social commerce, and performance advertising.

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