Leah Belsky — CEO
Leah Belsky is a tech executive and Board Director with over 20 years of experience leading high-growth business and initiatives in the education, tech, and health sectors in both public and private companies. She is currently the GM of Education at OpenAI. Prior to this role Leah was the Chief Revenue Officer at Coursera (NYSE: COUR), the world's leading online learning platform, where she oversees the company's overall revenue (+$600M) and the General Managers of the Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees segments. She joined Coursera when the company had just over $10M in revenue and has been instrumental in driving Coursera's expansion and innovation, leading through a successful IPO in 2021, launching new product lines, and bringing generative AI products to market. She is also a Board Director at Oyster, a +$1B HR tech company that enables organization to build a globally distributed workforce. Leah has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "40 under 40" leaders in Tech, by Inc Magazine as one of the "15 Top Emerging Executives to Follow," and by GSV Ventures as a "Woman leading the AI revolution in EDU." Prior to her current role, Leah was the Chief Enterprise Officer and General Manager at Coursera, where she built and scaled the enterprise business from $1M to +$150M in under six years, achieving +60% YOY growth for five consecutive years. She led a team of 250 Courserians, launching products across the campus, corporate, and government ecosystems, and established strategic partnerships with global organizations, such as Google, IBM, Novartis, and PwC, to deliver high-quality online learning solutions. Leah also spearheaded Coursera's internationalization strategy, expanding the company's presence and impact in over 190 countries, and drove Coursera's freemium COVID response initiatives, which served millions of learners and catapulted the company forward. Leah is passionate about leveraging technology to create positive social change and democratize access to education and opportunity. She has a diverse background in international development and science policy, having worked at the World Bank and the National Institutes of Health. She also served as a member of Obama's Technology Policy Committee. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University, and was a fellow at the Yale Information Society Project and Council on Foreign Relations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech executive with extensive experience in revenue growth and strategic partnerships.
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Experience: 23 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Led Coursera's revenue growth from $10M to over $600M.
- Recognized as a top leader in tech and AI in education.
- Spearheaded Coursera's successful IPO and international expansion.
Work Experience
OpenAI
VP Education (1 yr 6 mos)
Oyster®
Board Member (3 yrs 2 mos)
Coursera
Chief Revenue Officer (NYSE: COUR) (2 yrs 1 mo)
Chief Enterprise Officer (NYSE: COUR) (2 yrs 8 mos)
SVP Enterprise (Executive Team) (1 yr 9 mos)
VP Global Sales & Business Development (1 yr 4 mos)
VP New Product Lines & Partnerships (1 yr 1 mo)
Learn Capital
Exec in Residence (5 mos)
Kaltura
SVP (Exec Team, 2021 IPO) - Customer Success I Growth I Business Ops I Professional Services I Eng (2 yrs 6 mos)
General Manager EMEA, VP Strategy & Business Development (1 yr)
Public Knowledge
Board of Directors (4 yrs)
Kaltura
VP New Business Lines & Associate General Counsel (2 yrs)
Information Society Project at Yale Law School
Fellow (5 yrs 1 mo)
Noank Media Inc.
VP Global Strategy & Product Development (Founding Team) (2 yrs 4 mos)
World Bank Group
Junior Professional Associate - Human Development (2 yrs)
The National Institutes of Health
Fellow, Department of Bioethics (2 yrs)
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Yale Law School
Philosophy at University of Oxford
BA at Brown University
