# Kaz Nejatian

> Kaz Nejatian is a Canadian technology executive and entrepreneur who serves as CEO, president, and a director of Opendoor. A former lawyer and Kash co-founder, he worked on payments at Facebook before joining Shopify in 2019 and becoming its COO in 2022. His public writing emphasizes direct communication, trust, writing, and faster execution; at Opendoor he is applying those ideas to an ongoing housing transaction turnaround.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer, President and Director at Opendoor
- **Organizations:** Opendoor, Shopify, Meta / Facebook, Kash, Ropes & Gray, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Commerce, Queen’s University, School of Business, Juris Doctor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Kash, a payments startup that participated in Y Combinator and was acquired., Became Shopify COO and retained product leadership responsibilities in September 2022., Built Shopify’s internal meeting cost calculator.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University.
- **2008-2011** — Worked as an associate at Ropes & Gray.
- **2011-2012** — Worked in strategic planning for Canada’s immigration department.
- **2012** — Co-founded Kash and served as CEO.
- **2014** — Kash joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2014 batch and publicly introduced its mobile payment service.
- **2018-2019** — Worked as a lead product manager at Facebook, including payments and billing.
- **2019** — Joined Shopify to lead financial-services products.
- **2022-09** — Promoted to Shopify COO while retaining the VP of Product role.
- **2023** — Built a meeting cost calculator during a Shopify hack day.
- **2025-09** — Appointed Opendoor CEO and director.
- **2026-10** — Added the Opendoor president title, effective October 21.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Kash, a payments startup that participated in Y Combinator and was acquired.
- Became Shopify COO and retained product leadership responsibilities in September 2022.
- Built Shopify’s internal meeting cost calculator.
- Appointed CEO and a board director of Opendoor in September 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Added the president title to his CEO and director roles at Opendoor on October 21 after Lucas Matheson stepped down as president.
- **2026-09** — Published a September 9 shareholder update acknowledging a roughly six-to-eight-week delay to an adjusted EBITDA guidepost and announcing more frequent sales and clearance disclosures.
- **2026-08** — Opendoor reported Q2 2026 revenue of $883 million and a GAAP net loss of $162 million; operations expense per acquisition close was $3,000.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on The Knowledge Project to discuss his approach to the Opendoor turnaround.

## Links

- Website: https://nejatian.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasranejatian
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nejatian

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Last updated: 2026-10-24