DoorDash, Inc. announced that Diego Piacentini has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Throughout his career, Diego has helped major technology companies, including Amazon and Apple, navigate complex business operations on a large scale and has been instrumental in their international expansion efforts. Piacentini is the founder of View Different, an investment vehicle supporting entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses and/or expand beyond their domestic markets.

He spent a significant portion of his business career at Amazon, where he served as Senior Vice President of the International Consumer Business and a member of the senior executive team. Prior to that, Diego joined Apple Computer Italy (1987), and after ten years was promoted to General Manager and Vice President of Apple Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Most recently, he served a two-year civil servant term (2016-2018) as Italian Government Commissioner for Digital Transformation, reporting directly to the Prime Minister.

Piacentini is currently Chairman of the Board for Apolitical, and a member of the Boards of Directors of The Economist Group and Voi Technology. He is a Senior Advisor for KKR and is also Advisor to and Chairman of Exor Ventures. Diego graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics from Milan-based Bocconi University in 1985.