Brian H. Sharples

Former Chairman and CEO, HomeAway

Director of Ally since 2018, Mr. Sharples currently serves as the Board Chair for GoDaddy, Inc., a S&P 500 technology company that provides enabling technology to over 20 million small businesses. From April 2004 through September 2016, Mr. Sharples served as co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of HomeAway, Inc., a global online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, and he continued serving as Chairman through January 2017. Prior to this, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc., a supplier of marketing data and research to technology companies. He began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, and has engaged in several entrepreneurial and investment activities since that time. Mr. Sharples previously served on the boards of Yelp Inc., Avalara, Inc., HomeAway, Inc., RetailMeNot, Inc. and Kayak, Inc. Mr. Sharples earned a bachelor’s degree in math and economics from Colby College and a master’s degree in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.