David Ebersman

Go the F**k Back to Sleep, Silicon Valley: Facebook IPO Likely to File Later Today at Earliest

Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 6:36 am PT

I am already back to dreaming about champagne wishes and caviar dreams (for geeks, but not for me!).

The Quiet Man: Meet the Less-Known Face of the Facebook IPO, CFO David Ebersman

Kara Swisher in News on January 31 at 5:10 pm PT

Ever heard of him? You should, and this week you will, given the self-effacing exec has been one of the prime movers behind what is expected to be the blockbuster offering of Web 2.0.

Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May?

Kara Swisher in Social on January 16 at 1:31 am PT

With a click, with a shock, phone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latch! Something’s coming, don’t know when, but it’s soon; Catch the moon, one-handed catch!

Facebook Selects New CFO: Former Genentech Exec Ebersman

Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2009 at 11:19 am PT

Facebook picked a new CFO quietly, after its cloddish public parting with longtime top financial exec Gideon Yu earlier this year. The fast-growing social-networking site said in late March it was looking for a CFO with “public company experience,” and it seems to have gotten one in former Genentech CFO David Ebersman. And, indeed, with the addition of Ebersman, Facebook inches ever closer to an IPO.