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Who is Julia Hartz? CEO of Eventbrite
Julia Hartz is the Co-founder of Eventbrite, responsible for the vision, strategy, and growth of the company. Hartz co-founded Eventbrite with a vision to build a self-service platform that would make it possible for anyone to create and sell tickets to live experiences. In April 2016, Hartz was app…
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Julia Hartz is the Co-founder of Eventbrite, responsible for the vision, strategy, and growth of the company. Hartz co-founded Eventbrite with a vision to build a self-service platform that would make it possible for anyone to create and sell tickets to live experiences. In…
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Julia Hartz is the Co-founder of Eventbrite, responsible for the vision, strategy, and growth of the company. Hartz co-founded Eventbrite with a vision to build a self-service platform that would make it possible for anyone to create and sell tickets to live experiences. In April 2016, Hartz was appointed CEO and became member of Eventbrite Board of directors after her husband (and co-founder) stepped down from the role. In September 2018, Hartz took the company public, “making her among the few women to lead the successful initial public offering of a technology start-up.”
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Under her leadership, Eventbrite has become a global self-service ticketing and experience technology platform that serves a community of nearly one million event creators around the world. Follow her story to see how she grew as a outstanding entrepreneur among few women in tech realm. Hartz was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California. In her final year of high school, Julia Hartz found herself interning for Dina Ruiz, a local anchorwoman in Monterey. As she pursued her aspirations, Pepperdine University emerged as the ideal destination, despite its hefty price tag. However, with early admission secured and financial barriers looming, Hartz reluctantly settled for U.C. Santa Barbara. It was her mother’s unwavering encouragement that spurred her to action. With determination in her heart, Hartz penned a heartfelt letter to Pepperdine, expressing her fervent desire to attend. Then, just two days before the deadline to commit to UCSB, fate intervened in the form of a monumental packet from Pepperdine—a complete financial aid package that would pave the way for Hartz’s journey to her dream school. She then graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunication.
Key Points
- Julia Hartz is co-founder and new chief executive officer (CEO) of Eventbrite, a billion-dollar company that has successfully disrupted the ticketing industry.
- In 2006, she co-founded Eventbrite with (her then-fiancé) Kevin Hartz and Renaud Visage. The company now has more than 700 global employees with offices in 12 countries.
- Hartz is known for her leadership of Eventbrite during the COVID-19 pandemic and empowering women in the technology industry. She was selected as one of Fortune magazine’s most powerful women entrepreneurs.
- Outside of Eventbrite, Hartz is an investor in Minted, Chairish, Playa Capital Company, Tamara Mellon and Color Genomics. She serves on the Board of directors of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and University of California, San Francisco’s Board of overseers.
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