Adam Freed

Adam Freed is a partner at GSV Ventures and is deeply engaged with the ASU+GSV Summit. Prior to GSV, Adam was CEO and board chair of education marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers. He also served as COO of Etsy and he led International Product Management and International Sales Operations at Google — before, during, and after the company’s IPO. Adam has his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a master’s degree from Yale Law School. Adam speaks 11 languages, including Spanish, Finnish, Turkish, and Japanese. He has lived in 11 locales in five countries around the world. Adam lives in Brooklyn with his husband, Ken, and their kids. Adam's parents' home of 49 years burned to the ground in the recent LA fires, so in his extra time, he is helping his parents and community get restarted and is building helpful tools for fire victims at hellobuildable.com.