Tony Xu
Co-founder, CEO and chair of DoorDash
Tony Xu co-founded DoorDash in 2013 with three fellow Stanford students and has run it as CEO since then, adding the board chair role in November 2020. He took the company through Y Combinator's Summer 2013 batch, a December 2020 listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and the purchases of Wolt and Deliveroo. He has sat on Meta's board since January 2022.
- Food delivery
- Startups
DoorDash
Y Combinator
Meta
- Now
- Co-founder, CEO and board chair, DoorDash3
- Co-founded
- DoorDash, Y Combinator Summer 20131
- Studied
- MBA, Stanford GSB; B.S., UC Berkeley2
- Boards
- Meta Platforms, since January 20229
Experience
- Chair of the board2020 – now
Became chair of DoorDash's board in November 2020, having sat on it since May 2013.3
- Co-founder and CEO2013 – now
Started DoorDash with Andy Fang, Stanley Tang and Evan Moore while at Stanford. The four built a one-day test site called Palo Alto Delivery and made the first 200 deliveries themselves.4
- Board member2022 – now
Elected to Meta's board in January 2022; sits on its Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee.9
- Associate2011 – 2013
Part-time while at Stanford GSB, working on early-stage consumer internet and mobile investments.2
- Intern, International2012
Summer role covering product, market roadmap and partner negotiations.2
- Head of Business Development, RedLaser (eBay Mobile)2011
Retail and advertising partnerships, product management and licensing of the RedLaser software development kit.2
- Associate, Corporate Strategy (eBay and PayPal)2009 – 2011
Worked for the offices of eBay Inc.'s CEO and CFO on China, mobile, social and startup acquisitions.2
- Business Analyst2007 – 2009
Consultant in McKinsey's Chicago office.2
Education
MBA; Arjay Miller Scholar2
B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with high honors; lab research in mathematical biology, including cancer studies published in the journals Radiation Oncology and Cancer2
Recognition
Award · Fortune8
Milestones
- Graduates from UC Berkeley and joins McKinsey in Chicago2
- Moves to corporate strategy at eBay and PayPal2
- Starts his MBA at Stanford GSB2
- Co-founds DoorDash with Andy Fang, Stanley Tang and Evan Moore while at Stanford4
- DoorDash goes through Y Combinator's Summer 2013 batch1
- DoorDash delivers from about 50 restaurants across Palo Alto and nearby towns4
- Becomes chair of DoorDash's board3
- DoorDash prices its IPO at $102 a share and starts trading on the NYSE as DASH5
- Elected to Meta's board of directors3
- DoorDash completes its all-stock purchase of Wolt, with Wolt's CEO reporting to him6
- DoorDash completes its £2.9 billion acquisition of Deliveroo7