Occupation Technology Executive Name Max Schireson | Role Business executive Spouse Deirdre Lyell | |
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Known for CEO of MongoDB Inc. (January 2013-September 2014)
Vice-Chair of MongoDB Inc. (September 2014-present) Education University of California, Berkeley Similar People Dev Ittycheria, Dwight Merriman, Kevin P Ryan | ||
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Max Schireson is a technology executive, best known as CEO of MongoDB, and a competitive bridge player. In 2014, he stepped down from CEO to focus more on his family. A tipping point for Schireson came on a long-delayed overnight flight to Austin. The CEO woke up in Tucson to discover his flight had gone through an emergency landing and needed to replace some crew members traumatized by the experience–all while he slept, desperately trying to catch up on rest.
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At age 14, Schireson enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to study math but left before graduating to pursue a career in Silicon Valley.
Schireson has won one North American Bridge Championship, the 2017 Grand National Teams Flight C, an event limited to teams of Non-Life-Masters with under 500 masterpoints.
Personal life
He has a wife who is a doctor and professor. Together they have three children..
