Everette Taylor

Everette Taylor is CEO of Kickstarter, the premier crowdfunding platform for bringing creative projects to life. Taylor is a creative entrepreneur who is passionate about art, supporting creators, and making creativity accessible to all. He is deeply experienced in building and growing successful businesses as a founder, CEO, and chief marketing officer.

Before joining Kickstarter, Taylor most recently served as the CMO of Artsy, the world’s leading marketplace for buying and selling fine art. During his time at Artsy, he was recognized on The Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO List and named by Forbes as one of the World's Most Influential CMOs. Previously, Taylor founded ET Enterprises in 2013, overseeing a diverse portfolio of companies that includes ArtX and GrowthHackers and serving as CEO of MilliSense and PopSocial where he was recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.

As a marketing executive, Taylor has helped several companies reach new levels. He led on-demand rental car startup Skurt as CMO to a successful acquisition and led marketing at the business software company Qualaroo which also saw a successful exit. He also helped e-commerce company Sticker Mule see its largest growth as a company as their youngest CMO ever at 25 and oversaw growth strategy for new social products for a division of Microsoft China.

Outside of the world of business, Taylor also serves on the Chisenhale Council for Chisenhale Gallery, a nonprofit that supports artists in making innovative and highly ambitious work. Additionally, he sits on the advisory board for Art at a Time Like This, which works with artists and curators to create art that responds to current social and political events, and presents it in public spaces. In 2019, Taylor received an honorary doctorate degree from Shaw University upon recognition of his “meritorious contributions to human society and welfare for humanity.”