Laura Chambers

{{Short description|Technology executive}}

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Laura Chambers is the interim chief executive officer of Mozilla Corporation.{{cite news |last1=Brady |first1=Diane |title=Exclusive: Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy |url=https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/mozilla-firefox-ceo-laura-chambers-mitchell-baker-leadership-transition/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |work=Fortune |date=February 8, 2024}}

Chambers grew up in a small town in Australia.{{cite news |last1=Levitsky |first1=Allison |title=Breast pump startup Willow's new CEO, Laura Chambers, on innovation for women and mothers |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2020/07/willow-breast-pump-startup-new-ceo-laura-chambers.html |access-date=February 8, 2024 |work=Bizwomen |publisher=The Business Journals |date=July 20, 2020}} She earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Melbourne.{{cite web |title=Laura Chambers |url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership/#laura-chambers |website=Mozilla Corporation |access-date=February 8, 2024}} After graduation, she worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Following her work at McKinsey, Chambers moved to the United States to attend Stanford University, earning a Master of Business Administration in 2005. She went on to work at eBay for 13 years, followed by PayPal, Skype, and Airbnb.

In 2020, Chambers became the CEO of Willow Innovations, a wearable breast pump company headquartered in Mountain View, California.

In 2021, Chambers joined the Mozilla Corporation's board of directors.{{cite web |last1=Chambers |first1=Laura |title=Why I'm Joining Mozilla's Board of Directors |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/why-im-joining-mozillas-board-of-directors-2/ |website=Mozilla Corporation |access-date=February 8, 2024 |date=February 18, 2021}} On February 8, 2024, she replaced Mitchell Baker as interim CEO of Mozilla.{{cite web |author1=Mitchell Baker |author1-link=Mitchell Baker |title=A New Chapter for Mozilla: Focused Execution and an Expanded Role in Charting the Internet's Future |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/a-new-chapter-for-mozilla-laura-chambers-expanded-role/ |website=Mozilla Corporation |access-date=February 8, 2024 |date=February 8, 2024}} Chambers stated that she will not be seeking a permanent position as CEO, as she plans to return to Australia later in 2024 for family reasons.

Chambers lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has three children.

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