2019 Ivey Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, HBA ’92
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, HBA ’92, President of StubHub, was named the recipient of the inaugural Ivey Alumni Achievement Award in May 2019. She is a respected leader who has contributed significantly to many companies and communities throughout her career, while upholding the highest standards set forth by the Ivey Pledge, and the School’s mission statement.
Singh Cassidy is a leading digital executive and entrepreneur with 20 years of leadership experience scaling and founding companies, including Google, Amazon, Yodlee, Joyus, Polyvore, and theBoardlist. She is currently President of StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace with tickets available for over 10 million live sports, music, and theatre events in more than 40 countries, and an eBay company. Singh Cassidy also serves as a public board director at Urban Outfitters and previously served as a board member at Ericsson, TripAdvisor, J.Crew, and Stitchfix, as well as an advisor to Twitter.
For her work in the Internet industry, Singh Cassidy has been profiled in numerous publications globally, including Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Techcrunch, AllThingsD, Ad Age and in several leadership books, including, How Good Leaders Learn, Innovation Nation, and Geek Girl Rising. She was named one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company (2017), one of the Top 100 People in the Valley by Business Insider (2016, 2012), a “Woman to Watch” by Forbes (2014), Fortune (2008) and Ad Age (2010); Techcrunch’s first General Management Fellow (2009); and one of the Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley (2018, 2016, 2014, 2010).
For more information about the Ivey Alumni Achievement Award, please contact gid@ivey.ca