Niraj Shah
Wayfair
CEO, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder
Niraj Shah is CEO, co-chairman, and co-founder of Wayfair, headquartered in Boston, Mass., with operations throughout North America and Europe. Shah co-founded Wayfair with Steve Conine in 2002, and the pair rapidly grew the business to become the largest online retailer of home furnishings, housewares, and home improvement goods in the US. Wayfair generated $14.1 billion in net revenue for the twelve months ended September 30, 2021. Before founding Wayfair, Niraj served as CEO and co-founder of Simplify Mobile, an enterprise software company that was sold in 2001. Prior to that, he served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Greylock Partners, COO and a member of the Board of iXL, and the CEO and co-founder of Spinners, which was sold to iXL in 1998. Shah has been included in Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 and has won the Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award. He also serves on the board of Massachusetts Competitive Partnership and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He holds a B.Sc. in engineering from Cornell University.