{{Short description|American Internet entrepreneur}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Evan Sharp | image = Evan Sharp.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sharp in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age |1982}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Chicago (BA)<br/> Columbia University | occupation = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = Co-founder and Chief Design & Creative Officer, Pinterest | boards = | spouse = Christina McBride | children = | website = }} '''Evan Sharp''' (born 1982) is an American billionaire Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief design and creative officer of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.pinterest.com/en/guide/all-about-pinterest|title=All about Pinterest|website=Pinterest help|language=en|access-date=2019-07-01}}</ref> He joined the company's board of directors in March 2019.<ref name="adweek.com">{{Cite web |last1=Cohen{{!}}April 1 |first1=David |last2=2019 .st0{fill:#F7EC13}.st1{clip-path:url}.st2{clip-path:url;fill:#020100} |date=April 2019 |title=Pinterest Co-Founder Evan Sharp Joined Fellow Co-Founder Ben Silbermann on Its Board |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/pinterest-co-founder-evan-sharp-joined-fellow-co-founder-ben-silbermann-on-its-board/ |access-date=2019-07-01 |website=www.adweek.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Early life== Sharp was born in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/evan-sharp-and-ben-silbermann.html|title=Evan Sharp and Ben Silbermann|date=October 6, 2014|publisher=cnbc.com|access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> He was raised in York, Pennsylvania and attended York Suburban School District.<ref name="ydrcofounded">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Angie |title=York Sub. grad co-founded Pinterest |url=https://ydr.com/story/archives/2016/02/05/york-sub-grad-co-founded-pinterest/79895330/ |accessdate=November 17, 2018 |work=York Daily Record |date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> Both his parents were park rangers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-sharp-20181028-story.html|title=Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp had to learn how to lead|last=Flemming|first=Jack|website=Los Angeles Times|date=October 28, 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref> His father was an enthusiastic computer hobbyist. As a child, Sharp spent a lot of time tinkering with his father's Macintosh and taught himself how to code.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archinect.com/features/article/39788357/working-out-of-the-box-pinterest-co-founder-evan-sharp|title=Working out of the Box: Pinterest Co-Founder Evan Sharp|website=Archinect|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
Sharp attended York Suburban High School where he graduated in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ydr.com/story/archives/2016/02/05/york-sub-grad-co-founded-pinterest/79895330/|title=York Sub. grad co-founded Pinterest|last=Mason|first=Angie|website=The York Daily Record|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> During his high school years, he spent his free time creating icons and user interfaces.<ref>{{Citation|title=Pinterest's Evan Sharp on the Future of Software|url=https://soundcloud.com/wired/pinterests-evan-sharp-on-the-future-of-software|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
He graduated from the University of Chicago, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history.<ref name="forbesevansharp">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Evan Sharp |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/evan-sharp/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="archinect">{{cite web|url=https://archinect.com/features/article/39788357/working-out-of-the-box-pinterest-co-founder-evan-sharp|title=Working out of the Box: Pinterest Co-Founder Evan Sharp|last=Petrunia|first=Paul|date=March 16, 2012|website=archinect.com}}</ref> He subsequently studied architecture at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.<ref name="archinect" />
==Career== Sharp met Ben Silbermann in New York through a mutual acquaintance in 2009, and they immediately formed a connection over their shared passion for the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://readwrite.com/2014/02/25/evan-sharp-pinterest-cofounder-builders#awesm=~owU5KWhLdZYvA4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301204318/http://readwrite.com/2014/02/25/evan-sharp-pinterest-cofounder-builders#awesm=~owU5KWhLdZYvA4|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 1, 2014|title=Pinterest Cofounder Evan Sharp: How The Visual Web Helps You See The Future|last=Orsini|first=Lauren|work=ReadWrite |date=February 25, 2014|publisher=readwrite.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bercovici |first1=Jeff |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/10/15/inside-pinterest-the-coming-ad-colossus-that-could-dwarf-twitter-and-facebook/2/|title=Inside Pinterest: The Coming Ad Colossus That Could Dwarf Twitter And Facebook|work=Forbes.com}}</ref> Together with third cofounder Paul Sciarra, the three built the very first version of Pinterest from a small apartment in New York City on West 103rd Street.<ref name="Evan Sharp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/1084-evan-sharp|title=Evan Sharp|website=Columbia GSAPP|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> He soon thereafter moved to California,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bercovici |first1=Jeff |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/10/15/inside-pinterest-the-coming-ad-colossus-that-could-dwarf-twitter-and-facebook/2/|title=Inside Pinterest: The Coming Ad Colossus That Could Dwarf Twitter And Facebook|work=forbes.com}}</ref> where he worked as a product designer at Facebook for about a year as his day job while working on Pinterest during the evenings.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wynjKy8hOw |title=Rewley Lecture: Biz Stone and Evan Sharp 'Reconnecting with the Sacred in a Technology-Driven World' |date=2025-02-26 |last=Saïd Business School, University of Oxford |access-date=2025-10-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
The first desktop version of Pinterest was launched in March 2010<ref name="Bercovici">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/10/15/inside-pinterest-the-coming-ad-colossus-that-could-dwarf-twitter-and-facebook/|title=Inside Pinterest: The Coming Ad Colossus That Could Dwarf Twitter And Facebook|last=Bercovici|first=Jeff|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> from a makeshift office — a two-bedroom apartment in the heart of Palo Alto<ref name="Bercovici"/> that they shared with another start-up.<ref name="Evan Sharp"/>
Sharp is credited with designing and coding Pinterest and the Pinterest grid for the initial product launch in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2011/12/16/pinterest-design/|title=Pinterest: Behind the Design of an Addictive Visual Network|date=December 16, 2011 |publisher=mashable.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-cofounder-evan-sharp-interview-2015-5#ixzz3i9cbg7go|title=How Pinterest plans to spend its new millions...|last=D'Onfro|first=Jillian|date=May 11, 2015|publisher=businessinsider.com}}</ref> Over the years, he has overseen the creative, product and design teams<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/19114140?cic_redirect=3|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-09-21|title=Evan Sharp, Pinterest Inc: Profile and Biography }}</ref>
On October 14, 2021, Pinterest announced that Sharp would leave his post as a chief design & creative officer at the company to join LoveFrom. Sharp will reportedly stay on Pinterest's board of directors and serve as the company's advisory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/14/pinterest-co-founder-evan-sharp-is-joining-jony-ives-design-firm/ |title=Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp is joining Jony Ive's design firm |last=Perez |first=Srah |date=October 14, 2021 |publisher=TechCrunch}}</ref>
== Honors and Awards == In 2018, Jony Ive, British industrial designer and outgoing chief design officer (CDO) of Apple, chose Sharp as the figure in technology he believes will change the future. Interviewed by Wired Magazine, Ive said<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-jonathan-ive-evan-sharp-pinterest-design/|title=Pinterest's Evan Sharp Trusts Design to Keep Things Simple|last=Calore|first=Michael|date=2018-09-18|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-07-26|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> about Sharp: “He understands that complex problems can be simplified and often resolved visually. Nuance and subtlety characterize his work. He doesn’t just address a functional imperative.”
Sharp was named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3025456/most-creative-people-in-business-1000-the-complete-list|title=Most Creative People In Business 1000: The Complete List|last=Staff|first=Fast Company|date=2014-01-29|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-26}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sharp married Christina McBride in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refinery29.com/2014/03/64418/evan-sharp-christina-mcbride-wedding#slide|title=This One-Ups The Wedding You're Planning On Pinterest|publisher=refinery29.com}}</ref> He resides in San Francisco, California.<ref name="forbesevansharp"/> According to ''Forbes'', he is worth an estimated $1 billion as of 2018.<ref name="forbesevansharp"/>
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== External links== {{commons category|Evan Sharp}} *[https://www.pinterest.com/sharp/ Evan Sharp] on Pinterest
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