David Ebersman


David Ebersman is an American businessman. He is currently the CEO of Lyra Health, having formerly held the position of CFO of Facebook. Facebook issued an initial public offering of its stock on May 18, 2012, at a time when Ebersman was its CFO.

Early life

David Ebersman attended the Trinity School in New York City, graduating in 1987. He then went on to attend Brown University and graduated in June 1991 with an AB in international relations and Economics.

Career

Ebersman began his professional career at Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. in September 1991 as a Research Analyst. Ebersman left Oppenheimer & Co in February 1994 and began working for Genentech, working his way up to CFO by the time of his 2009 departure.
In September 2009, Ebersman joined Facebook as the company's chief financial officer, hired in part because he had "public company experience". Ebersman oversaw the initial public offering of stock on May 18, 2012.
He was succeeded by David Wehner, who assumed the position on June 1, 2014.
In May 2015, Ebersman announced the launch of Lyra Health, a health care company that sells technology and services to address mental health.
In July 2015, Ebersman was appointed to the board of SurveyMonkey.