Opendoor appoints new president and CFO

Lucas Matheson of Coinbase Canada has been named president and Christy Schwartz, who had been interim CFO, has officially been given the title on a permanent basis. Continue reading

New Opendoor CEO’s plan: ‘Buy more good homes and get more good sellers through our funnel’

Incoming CEO Kaz Nejatian said Opendoor acquired 230 homes in the last week of October, about twice the pace of acquisitions when he took over on Sept. 15. Continue reading

Opendoor continues C-sweep with CFO swap

Christy Schwartz, the iBuyer’s longtime chief accounting officer, was named interim CFO. She’ll replace Selim Freiha, who served as CFO for less than a year. Continue reading

Opendoor’s resurrection: Will there be an iBuyer afterlife?

The old paradigm of iBuying is over, Revaluate’s Chris Drayer writes. Whatever happens next may put real estate agents back at the center of the transaction. Continue reading

Opendoor announces new CEO: Shopify’s Kaz Nejatian

Nejatian has a background as a lawyer, and most recently helped build teams and products at Shopify since 2019. His appointment follows Carrie Wheeler’s resignation last month. Continue reading

Compass brings Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand on as board member

Allan Leinwand has also worked at Slack and Zynga, and will help guide Compass during a period of rapid growth. Continue reading