# Debby Soo

> Debby Soo is the CEO of OpenTable, the global restaurant reservation platform serving 65,000+ restaurant partners across 110+ countries. A Stanford and MIT Sloan alumna, she took the helm in August 2020 — at the precise moment the pandemic shuttered restaurants worldwide — and transformed the business by shifting its focus from diners to restaurants as the primary customer. Under her leadership, OpenTable has achieved double-digit revenue growth in 2025 and quadrupled its share price since she joined, while forging strategic partnerships with Visa, JPMorgan Chase, and OpenAI.

- **Role:** CEO at OpenTable
- **Organizations:** OpenTable, Booking Holdings, KAYAK, EverCommerce (Board Member), Gold House
- **From:** Daly City, California, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Secondary, Nueva School, High School, Lick-Wilmerding High School, BA, East Asian Studies (Economics minor), Stanford University, Internship, Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong, MBA Internship, Estée Lauder, MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Quadrupled OpenTable's share price from 2020 to 2025, Achieved double-digit revenue growth at OpenTable in 2025, Forged partnerships with Visa, JPMorgan Chase, and OpenAI (ChatGPT)

## Career timeline

- **~2004-2008** — Investment banking analyst at Citigroup (technology sector)
- **~2008-2010** — Strategic Partnership Group at Google, focusing on Google Maps and Google Transit
- **2010** — Joined KAYAK as intern while completing MBA
- **2013** — Promoted to Senior Director of New Markets at KAYAK
- **2015** — Named Head of Asia Pacific at KAYAK
- **~2017-2020** — Became Chief Commercial Officer at KAYAK; oversaw global business development for KAYAK and OpenTable
- **2020** — Appointed CEO of OpenTable in August, during COVID-19 pandemic
- **2020-2021** — Eliminated 2-year restaurant lock-ins, restructured pricing model, launched pandemic listening tour via Zoom
- **2022** — Secured strategic partnership with Visa to compete with Resy
- **2023** — Announced OpenTable integration with ChatGPT (OpenAI partnership)
- **2024** — Consumer app redesigned; named to EverCommerce board; named Booking Holdings D&I co-chair
- **2025** — OpenTable achieves double-digit revenue growth; share price quadrupled from 2020
- **2026** — Honored with 2026 Hospitality ICON Award by Boston University School of Hospitality

## Achievements

- Quadrupled OpenTable's share price from 2020 to 2025
- Achieved double-digit revenue growth at OpenTable in 2025
- Forged partnerships with Visa, JPMorgan Chase, and OpenAI (ChatGPT)
- Grew OpenTable to 65,000+ restaurant partners across 110+ countries
- Founding member and co-head of Booking Holdings' Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee
- Board member at EverCommerce
- 2026 Hospitality ICON Award recipient from Boston University School of Hospitality
- Featured in Time magazine panel 'How Powerful Women Tackle Tech in Business'
- Recognized by Gold House as a leading Asian American executive

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Named 2026 Hospitality ICON Award honoree by Boston University School of Hospitality Administration
- **2025-12** — OpenTable reports double-digit revenue growth and quadrupled share price under Soo's leadership (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- **2025-08** — Featured on HerMoney 'How She Does It' podcast discussing pandemic pivot and OpenTable rebuild
- **2024-10** — Appeared on 'On The Pass' podcast stating goal to 'make the best reservations system on the planet'
- **2023-03** — Announced ChatGPT restaurant recommendation integration powered by OpenTable (OpenAI partnership)

## Links

- Website: https://opentable.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/debbysoo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbysoo/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30