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10 Wayfair executives
These ten current and former Wayfair executives, including the company's CEO and CFO, have held chief officer and president roles at Wayfair, Wayfair Professional and the Birch Lane brand. A reader can learn how executives approach decisions at Wayfair from people who have held these roles.
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01—10Fiona Tan
LinkedInExperience: CTO · Wayfair
CTO at Wayfair since 2022, based in Los Altos, California, and also Global Head of Customer & Supplier Technology at Wayfair since September 2020. Former SVP Engineering - Customer Technology at Walmart Labs, a role the profile lists as ending in 2020 with no start date shown.
Jeni DeSpain
LinkedInExperience: Chief Sales Officer · Wayfair Professional
Chief Sales Officer at Wayfair Professional since August 2026, based in Atlanta. Former Vice President of Revenue Operations at QXO (2025–2026), Senior Director Pro Sales roles at The Home Depot (2021–2025) and Vice President of Sales at Build with Ferguson (2017–2021).
Jon Blotner
LinkedInExperience: President · Wayfair
President of Wayfair since November 2024, based in the Boston area. The highlight says Jon oversees the company's global business, including its Retail businesses across the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Former Chief Commercial Officer (SVP) (2023–2024) and Vice President Platform, Global Merchandising, Proprietary Brands, & Advertising/Media (2022–2023) at Wayfair.
Joseph Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Procurement Officer · Wayfair
Former Chief Procurement Officer at Wayfair (2019–2021), based in Boston. Also GM, Specialized Customer Service (2021–2024), where the highlight says Joseph led a global team of 1,050 people in the US, UK, Ireland and Germany, and Head of Investor Relations, Corporate Development & Capital Markets (2017–2019) at Wayfair. Later SVP and Managing Director roles at Bank of America.
Kate Gulliver
LinkedInExperience: CFO/CAO · Wayfair
CFO/CAO at Wayfair since November 2022, based in Boston, after serving as Incoming CFO/CAO in 2022. Former Global Head of Talent (2016–2022) and Head of Investor Relations (2014–2016) at Wayfair, and a Board Member at PVH Corp. since 2024. The profile tags the CFO/CAO role at the C-Level in Finance & Accounting.
Mike Simone
LinkedInExperience: Chief People Officer, Commercial, Operations, and Enterprise · Wayfair
Chief People Officer, Commercial, Operations, and Enterprise at Wayfair since January 2025, based in Boston. Former Chief People Officer, Commercial and Enterprise and Head of Global Mobility & Immigration (2022–2025), Global Head of Channel Merchandising and Video Commerce (2019–2022) and Director, GM Appliances (2016–2019) at Wayfair.
Niraj Shah
LinkedInExperience: CEO and Co-founder · Wayfair
CEO and Co-founder of Wayfair since March 2002, based in Boston, in a role the profile tags at the Founder level in General Management. Former COO at SapientRazorfish (1998–2000), Entrepreneur in Residence at Greylock Partners in 2001 and CEO and Co-founder of Spinners (1995–1998).
Paul Toms
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Wayfair
Chief Marketing Officer at Wayfair since 2023, based in Boston. Former Chief People Officer (2022–2023), Vice President, Marketplace (2020–2022), Vice President, Specialty Retail Brands and Wayfair.ca (2016–2020) and Vice President, GM Joss & Main (2013–2016) at Wayfair.
Ryan Waymire
LinkedInExperience: Former GM Brand President - Birch Lane · Wayfair
Former GM Brand President - Birch Lane at Wayfair (2021–2022), based in Los Angeles. Also held SVP - Women's Group (2022–2025) and SVP - Adult Fashion (2025–2026) roles at Walmart, and was Senior Vice President - Merchandising and Brand Partnerships at FabFitFun (2020–2021).
Sascha Hower
LinkedInExperience: Chief Global Supply Chain Officer · Wayfair
Chief Global Supply Chain Officer at Wayfair since November 2022, based in Berlin. Former Vice President, Head of Operations Europe (2021–2022), Head of Operations, Europe (2020–2021) and Head of EU Supply Chain (2018–2020) at Wayfair, and a Partner at McKinsey & Company (2016–2018).
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