Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
  • Primary Job Title Board Member
  • Primary Organization 
    Pinterest
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Michelle Wilson is a director and helped with the initial public offerings at Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS), Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), and Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE:ZEN). At Pinterest, Michelle acts as lead director, chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. Michelle chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees at

Okta and Zendesk. Michelle also serves on the Okta Compensation Committee and the Zendesk Audit Committee. She was previously a director and served on the Audit Committee at Stripe, Inc.

Michelle previously was a senior executive at Amazon.com for thirteen years, acting as general counsel from 1999 to 2012 and head of human resources from 2001 to 2003. She was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2001 and participated in operating and strategic decisions across the company’s retail, cloud computing, content, and hardware businesses.

Her areas of expertise include scaling and management in hyper growth, proactive customer service and engagement, international expansion, talent acquisition, public and government relations strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic relationships.

Prior to Amazon, Michelle was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP and a member of the firm's executive committee. She directed the legal teams for acquisitions, public offerings, and venture capital financings and advised boards of directors on corporate governance.

Michelle received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Chicago School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (Finance), summa cum laude, from the University of Washington.

Number of Investments 2
Michelle Wilson has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Northstar on Dec 19, 2018, when Northstar raised
$2.5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 19, 2018
Northstar
Seed Round - Northstar
$2.5M
Dec 11, 2012
Gusto
Seed Round - Gusto
$6.1M
Number of Past Jobs 5
Michelle Wilson has had 5 past jobs including Senior Vice President at Amazon.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Amazon
Senior Vice President20012012
Amazon
SVP, General Counsel, Secretary19992012
Amazon
Head of Human Resources20012003
Perkins Coie
Partner19981999
Amazon
Associate General Counsel of Mergers1999
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Michelle Wilson holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Pinterest, Member of the Board of Directors at Okta, and Member of the Board of Directors at Zendesk.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Stripe
Member of the Board of Directors20182020
Number of News Articles 13
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