Leah Busque Solivan

Leah Busque Solivan has 15 years’ experience building and creating technology products that have reached millions of people around the globe. She started her career at IBM as a software engineer in the Software Group, working on Lotus Notes and Domino. In 2008 Busque founded TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world. She served as the CEO for eight years and now is the executive chairwoman of the company.

A vision for revolutionizing the way people work led Busque to pioneer the concept of “service networking.” Her passion for product innovation and devotion to user experience have propelled TaskRabbit into a leading role in the collaborative consumption movement. Busque has expanded the company internationally, raised nearly $50 million in venture funding from venerated investors like Shasta Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, and Founders Fund, and inspired legions of startups to launch in the collaborative and service networking space. Fast Company named her one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business,” and her achievements have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Time. Under her leadership, TaskRabbit has gathered accolades including being named “The Next Big Thing in Tech” by The New York Times.

In 2014 Busque was inaugurated into the Forum of Young Global Leaders, a prestigious group of less than 1000 people around the globe recognized for their bold, brave, action-oriented entrepreneurial ventures. The arts and creating opportunities for women in technology are important to her and she also serves on the Board of the Silicon Valley Ballet and enjoys speaking engagements for organizations such as Girls Who Code and Tina Brown’s Women In the World Summit.

Buque resides in the Bay Area of California with her husband, two children, and highly energetic black labrador retriever. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sweet Briar College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science. She served on the Board of Directors from 2001-2003 and recently rejoined the board in 2015.