Libby Leffler

Biography

Libby Leffler is the founder and CEO of First® and an operating advisor at Bessemer. She brings more than 20 years of experience in general management, revenue scaling, marketing, business development, and partnerships. She loves building high-growth businesses and bringing leaders together to create focused, world-class teams.

Prior to founding First®, Libby was president of Northern California at Compass, scaling the company's largest market to represent 25% of total company revenue at IPO. At Compass, Libby oversaw market business operations, M&A integration, revenue growth and retention, customer success, and adoption of technology tools and platforms.

Before Compass, Libby was vice president and business unit lead at SoFi. Prior to SoFi, Libby held several high-impact roles at Facebook across sales, business development, and strategic partnerships. While at Facebook, Libby was the first chief of staff to Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg. Libby began her career in online sales and operations at Google.

Libby received a BS in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA with highest distinction from Harvard Business School.