Christa Quarles

Co-Chair of Fortune's Brainstorm Tech; Former CEO of OpenTable

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Christa Quarles Biography

Christa Quarles currently serves as the co-chair of Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference. Additionally, she is a fortune 150 Board Member, serving on the boards of Kimberly-Clark and Affirm, Inc. She is also a leadership council member for Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. Quarles helps run the No Kid Hungry is a national campaign, working to end childhood hunger in America.

Christa Quarles is the former Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable, where she led the global business strategy and vision for the company. She previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer for OpenTable.

Prior to joining OpenTable, Christa served as the Chief Business Officer for Nextdoor where she oversaw finance, business intelligence, HR, business development and legal.

Previously, Christa served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager at Disney where she led the Mobile and Social Games divisions within Disney Interactive. Earlier in her career, Christa spent ten years as an equity research analyst covering the Internet sector at Thomas Weisel Partners (now Stifel Financial).

Christa holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Carnegie Mellon University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, competed in Varsity cross country & basketball, and graduated first in the department of economics.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/20/2024.

Christa Quarles Videos

  • #MakeChangeSeries: Christa Quarles, Former CEO, Opentable ...
    Christa Quarles, Former CEO at Opentable, isn't afraid to share her story. In fact, her advice to women everywhere is "get comfortable using ...
  • WIP 2018: Fireside Chat with Christa Quarles and Ha Nguyen ...
    Good friends Christa Quarles, CEO of OpenTable, and Ha Nguyen, Product Partner at Spero Ventures, candidly discuss Quarles' career: how ...
  • Brainstorm Tech 2018: Diversity and Inclusion I Fortune
    OpenTale CEO Christa Quarles recaps what's happened since 2017. Subscribe to Fortune ...

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