Rachel Glaser
Rachel Glaser is a highly regarded financial executive and board director whose career spans digital media, e-commerce, and advertising technology. She is best known for her tenure as Chief Financial Officer at Etsy, where she played a pivotal role in scaling the marketplace's financial operations, investor relations, and strategic growth during a period of significant expansion. Her experience navigating the intersection of marketplace economics, digital advertising revenue, and platform monetization gives her a distinctive lens on the AdTech ecosystem. Before Etsy, Glaser held senior financial leadership roles at companies including Move, Inc. (operator of Realtor.com) and Warner Music Group, building a track record of guiding media and technology businesses through complex financial and operational transformations. Her board work reflects a focus on high-growth technology platforms, and her appointment to Moloco's board signals recognition of her ability to provide strategic financial and operational counsel to companies scaling programmatic and machine learning-driven advertising infrastructure. As a board member at Moloco, a leading machine learning-based performance advertising platform, Glaser contributes governance expertise and financial strategy insight to a company at the forefront of independent programmatic advertising. Her presence on multiple public and private company boards underscores her reputation as a trusted voice in scaling digital businesses responsibly and profitably.
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- Years in industry
- 15 years
Bio
Rachel Glaser is a highly regarded financial executive and board director whose career spans digital media, e-commerce, and advertising technology. She is best known for her tenure as Chief Financial Officer at Etsy, where she played a pivotal role in scaling the marketplace's financial operations, investor relations, and strategic growth during a period of significant expansion. Her experience navigating the intersection of marketplace economics, digital advertising revenue, and platform monetization gives her a distinctive lens on the AdTech ecosystem. Before Etsy, Glaser held senior financial leadership roles at companies including Move, Inc. (operator of Realtor.com) and Warner Music Group, building a track record of guiding media and technology businesses through complex financial and operational transformations. Her board work reflects a focus on high-growth technology platforms, and her appointment to Moloco's board signals recognition of her ability to provide strategic financial and operational counsel to companies scaling programmatic and machine learning-driven advertising infrastructure. As a board member at Moloco, a leading machine learning-based performance advertising platform, Glaser contributes governance expertise and financial strategy insight to a company at the forefront of independent programmatic advertising. Her presence on multiple public and private company boards underscores her reputation as a trusted voice in scaling digital businesses responsibly and profitably.
Career
Chief Financial Officer
Etsy · From 2017
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Expertise & education
Expertise
Education
- BA, Colgate University
Speaking topics
Recognition
Notable achievements
- Served as CFO of Etsy during a period of significant revenue growth and marketplace expansion
- Appointed to the board of Moloco, a leading ML-driven programmatic advertising platform
- Guided Move, Inc. through financial strategy as a major digital real estate media platform