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Rachel Glaser

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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.

Last updated Sep 26, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Sep 28, 2026

Role
Board of Directors Member
Company
Based
New York, New York, United States
Boards
2
Connections
2
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

Digital Marketplace MonetizationProgrammatic AdvertisingFinancial Strategy for AdTechMachine Learning Advertising PlatformsBoard GovernancePerformance AdvertisingInvestor RelationsScaling Digital Media Businesses

Education

  • BA, Colgate University

Speaking topics

Financial leadership in digital marketplacesBoard governance for high-growth technology companiesScaling AdTech platforms sustainably

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
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