Board of Directors

Andrew S. Rachleff
Andrew S. Rachleff
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Director

Andrew S. Rachleff is a Co-Founder of Wealthfront and has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2007 and as Chairman since January 2014. Mr. Rachleff served as our Chief Executive Officer and President from February 2007 to December 2013, and as our Chief Executive Officer from November 2016 to March 2021. He has served as a lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business since January 2005, and served as General Partner at Benchmark Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm, from January 1995 to December 2004. Mr. Rachleff has a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Independent Director
Chairman of the Board
Jaleh Bisharat
Jaleh Bisharat
Director

Jaleh Bisharat has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2021. Ms. Bisharat co-founded Novi Connect, Inc., a technology platform for values-based shopping, and has served on its board of directors since December 2019. Previously, Ms. Bisharat served as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of NakedPoppy, Inc., a clean beauty company, from September 2017 to December 2023, and Chief Marketing Officer at Eventbrite, Inc., a live events marketplace, from July 2015 to October 2016. Prior to Eventbrite, Ms. Bisharat served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Upwork, Inc., an online work marketplace, from September 2011 to April 2015 and as fractional Vice President of Marketing at OpenTable, Inc., an online restaurant reservation company, from February 2001 to June 2007. Ms. Bisharat previously served on the board of directors of Skillshare, Inc., an online learning community, from December 2020 to August 2025. She was also previously a director at OpenTable from 2001 to 2006, and at Homestead Technologies Inc., a website and webstore company, from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Bisharat earned a B.A. in Government from Harvard University and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Independent Director
Kenneth A. Goldman
Kenneth A. Goldman
Director

Kenneth A. Goldman has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2021. He previously served as President of Hillspire, LLC, an investment company, from September 2017 to October 2022, Chief Financial Officer at Yahoo! Inc., a media technology company, from October 2012 to June 2017, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fortinet, Inc., a cybersecurity company, from September 2007 to October 2012. Mr. Goldman has been serving as a member of the PCAOB, Investor Advisory Group since he joined in February 2024. From January 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Goldman served as a member of the PCAOB, Standing Advisory Group. From December 1999 to December 2003, Mr. Goldman served on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s primary advisory group. Mr. Goldman has served on the board of directors of Fortinet, Inc. since October 2020, RingCentral, Inc., a cloud-based business communications provider, since June 2017, and C3.ai, Inc., an enterprise AI application software company, since May 2025. He was previously a director of TriNet Group, Inc., a human resources management company, from August 2009 to August 2020, GoPro, Inc., an action camera technology company, from December 2013 to June 2025, Zuora, Inc., an enterprise software company, from March 2017 to February 2025, and NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, from August 2010 to June 2022, among others. Mr. Goldman earned a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Financial Expert
Independent Director
Jason Kilar
Jason Kilar
Director

Jason Kilar has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2017. Mr. Kilar co-founded and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Hubcap, Inc., a digital media company, since April 2023. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Warner Media, LLC, a multinational media and entertainment company, from May 2020 to April 2022, co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Vessel Group, Inc., a commercial video service provider, from 2013 until 2017, and served as the founding Chief Executive Officer of Hulu, LLC, a digital streaming service provider, from 2007 until 2013. He also served in a variety of senior leadership roles with Amazon.com, Inc., a multinational technology company, from 1997 until 2006, including as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Application Software, and Vice President and General Manager of Amazon’s North American media businesses. Since September 2023, Mr. Kilar has served on the board of directors of Roblox Corporation, an online gaming platform, where he is a member of the Audit and the Leadership Development & Compensation Committees. He was previously a director of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., an animation studio, from May 2013 to August 2016, Habitat for Humanity International, a non-profit organization, Opendoor Technologies, Inc., an online real estate company, from December 2020 to June 2024, and Univision Communications Inc., a broadcasting services company, among others. Mr. Kilar earned his B.A. in Journalism and Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Independent Director
Michael Schmidt
Michael Schmidt
Director

Michael Schmidt has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2025. Mr. Schmidt has served as a Distinguished Visitor at Princeton University’s Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies since July 2025. Previously, he served as director of the CHIPS Program Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce from September 2022 to January 2025, as senior advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from May 2021 to September 2022, as commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance from January 2019 to April 2021, as senior economic advisor to the Governor of the State of New York from April 2018 to January 2019, and as Deputy Secretary for Economic Development of the State of New York from April 2017 to April 2018. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schmidt held roles in the Office of Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as a financial analyst at the Yale Investments Office. Mr. Schmidt earned a B.A. in History from Yale University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Independent Director
Michelangelo Volpi
Michelangelo Volpi
Director

Michelangelo Volpi has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. Mr. Volpi has served as Partner at Index Ventures, a venture capital firm, since July 2009 and as the General Partner at Hanabi Capital, a venture capital firm, since January 2025. Mr. Volpi has served on the boards of directors of Confluent, Inc., a data infrastructure company, since April 2015, Aurora Innovation, Inc., a self-driving technology company, since January 2018, and Ferrari N.V., a luxury automotive company, since April 2023. Mr. Volpi is also currently serving on the boards of Cockroach Labs, Inc., a cloud infrastructure company, since March 2016, Cohere Inc., a security-first enterprise artificial intelligence company, since June 2021, Hebbia, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, since June 2022, Kong Inc., a software company, since June 2013, Scale AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, since May 2025, and Stanford Hospital Private Corporation since September 2024, among others. He was previously a director of Elastic N.V., a search and data analysis company, from March 2013 to July 2022, Zuora, Inc., an enterprise software company, from September 2011 to June 2020, Sonos, Inc., a consumer electronics company, from February 2010 to April 2025, Stellantis N.V. (f/k/a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.), an automotive company, from April 2017 to January 2021, Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II,a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, from February 2021 to December 2022, and TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, from October 2020 to June 2021, among others. Mr. Volpi held several executive positions prior to Index and Hanabi Capital, including Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of the routing business at Cisco Systems, Inc., a technology company. Mr. Volpi earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Lead Director
Michelle Wilson
Michelle Wilson
Director

Michelle Wilson has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2025. Ms. Wilson has served on the board of directors of Cockroach Labs, Inc., a cloud infrastructure company, since July 2022. She was previously a director of Okta, Inc., an identity and access management company, from 2015 to June 2022, Zendesk, Inc., a software development company, from 2014 to July 2022, Pinterest, Inc., a visual discovery engine, from May 2016 to May 2021, and Stripe, Inc., a financial services and software company, from September 2018 to May 2020. From 1999 to 2012, Ms. Wilson held various roles at Amazon.com, Inc., including most recently as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Previously, Ms. Wilson served as a partner at Perkins Coie LLP, a law firm, from 1995 to 1999. Ms. Wilson earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.

Independent Director
David Fortunato
David Fortunato
Chief Executive Officer & Director

David Fortunato is Wealthfront’s CEO. David joined Wealthfront in 2009 as the company’s inaugural CTO and was instrumental in launching the company to its first clients in 2011. Prior to his role as CEO, David was the President of Wealthfront. David holds a BS in Computer Science and Economics from Amherst College.