Selina Tobaccowala

Selina Tobaccowala is an American entrepreneur and software product executive. She is known for co-founding the company Evite.[1][2]

Early life and education

Selina Tobaccowala attended Ramsey High School in New Jersey.[3] When she was 14 years old, Tobaccowala spent 6 days volunteering at the Mother Teresa Asha daan, a shelter for the mentally and physically disabled that is affiliated with the Missionaries of Charity in India.[3] Tobaccowala later attended Stanford University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in computer science.[4]

Career

While in college, Tobaccowala and fellow Stanford student Al Leib founded Evite in 1997.[4] She served as vice president of engineering at Evite until 2001, when Evite was acquired by Ticketmaster.[4][5][6] After managing the transition,[4] she became senior vice president of product at Ticketmaster's Europe division.[6][7]

Tobaccowala joined SurveyMonkey in 2009 as vice president of product and engineering,[8] before becoming president and chief technology officer.[1]

In 2016, Tobaccowala joined with Evite co-founder, Al Lieb, to start Gixo, a fitness app that streams live exercise classes to mobile devices.[9] Gixo was acquired in 2019 by Openfit, a subsidiary of the Beachbody Company.[10] Tobaccowala has served as Openfit's chief digital officer.[11]

Tobaccowala serves on the board of Redfin[12] and Vital Voices.[13] She previously served on the board of Tugboat Yards and the advisory board of HubSpot.[8][14]