Eventbrite announced the appointment of CEO Julia Hartz to the role of Executive Chair of the Board of Directors, effective June 6, 2024. Additionally, current Executive Chairman Kevin Hartz will not stand for re-election to the board of directors at the annual general meeting on June 6, 2024, and current board member Steffan Tomlinson will step down from the board effective immediately. Kevin Hartz will complete his current term, and Julia Hartz will become the Executive Chair of Eventbrite while continuing to serve as CEO.

Board member Sean Moriarty will remain Lead Independent Director. A serial entrepreneur, Kevin Hartz co-founded Eventbrite with his wife Julia Hartz, and Renaud Visage, in 2006. He served as Executive Chairman and CEO for ten years, after which he became the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2016.

Kevin has also been a prolific angel investor in Silicon Valley over the last two decades, backing companies such as PayPal, Airbnb, Ramp, Anduril and Pinterest. He founded A*, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco in 2021, and is now launching their second fund with co-founders Gautam Gupta and Bennett Siegel. Kevin will continue to dedicate his time to investing in and launching companies on the A* platform.

Steffan Tomlinson has served on Eventbrite?s Board of Directors for eight years. Since September 2023, Mr. Tomlinson has been chief financial officer of Stripe. Steffan chaired Eventbrite?s Audit Committee during his tenure and helped establish and mature the public company audit and risk practices.

Effective immediately, board member Helen Riley will chair Eventbrite?s Audit Committee.