# Stephanie Tilenius

> Stephanie Tilenius is the founder and former CEO of Vida Health, where she served from 2014 to 2023 and now acts as a board advisor. Her career includes leadership in merchant services at PayPal, eBay.com and global products at eBay, global commerce and payments at Google, and an executive-in-residence role at Kleiner Perkins. She is a Seagate and Zoetis director, founder of Peak Health, and venture advisor to the AI Fund.

- **Role:** Founder at Peak Health; Board Advisor at Vida Health; Director at Seagate and Zoetis; Venture Advisor at the AI Fund
- **Organizations:** Peak Health, Vida Health, Seagate Technology, Zoetis, AI Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Google, eBay, PayPal, PlanetRx.com, Firefly, AOL, Alex. Brown
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in economics, Brandeis University, Master’s degree in international economics and finance, Brandeis University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Built the off-eBay PayPal merchant business into a multi-billion-dollar business, as described by Brandeis., Helped lead the eBay Marketplace turnaround., Helped launch Google Wallet.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Worked as a presidential management intern on Japan-US trade negotiations; later entered investment banking at Alex. Brown.
- **1992** — Worked on AOL’s public offering and subsequently joined its corporate development group.
- **1996** — Completed her Harvard MBA; worked at Firefly in business and product development.
- **1999** — Co-founded PlanetRx.com, which went public on NASDAQ.
- **2001-2009** — Worked at eBay, including PayPal merchant services, eBay Motors and international operations; ultimately served as SVP of eBay.com and global products.
- **2010-2012** — Vice President of Global Commerce and Payments at Google.
- **2011** — Helped build and launch Google Wallet.
- **2012-2014** — Executive in Residence at Kleiner Perkins, primarily focused on its Digital Growth Fund.
- **2012** — Appointed to Coach’s board.
- **2014** — Founded Vida Health and joined Seagate’s board.
- **2014-2023** — CEO of Vida Health; subsequently became a board advisor.
- **2025-12** — Joined the Zoetis board.
- **2026** — Zoetis proxy identifies her as Peak Health founder and AI Fund venture advisor.

## Achievements

- Built the off-eBay PayPal merchant business into a multi-billion-dollar business, as described by Brandeis.
- Helped lead the eBay Marketplace turnaround.
- Helped launch Google Wallet.
- Recipient of the 2022 Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship at Brandeis.
- Included among 114 Bay Area alumnae honored in Harvard Business School’s 2014 celebration of women at HBS.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Joined the Zoetis board effective December 1, 2025.
- **2026-04** — Zoetis’s 2026 proxy lists her as founder of Peak Health and venture advisor to the AI Fund.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanietilenius
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/stilenius

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Last updated: 2026-10-09