By Mike Porter

Taylor has worked as CEO of Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for creative projects, since September 2022. Prior to joining the company, he served as chief marketing officer of Artsy, an online marketplace for buying and selling art. While at Artsy, Taylor was named one of the world’s most innovative CMOs by Business Insider and one of the world’s most influential CMOs by Forbes.

Previous positions included working in marketing leadership positions for Skurt, an on-demand rental car company; Qualaroo, a B2B software company; and Sticker Mule, an e-commerce company. Taylor started his first company, EZ Events, at the age of 19, and it was successfully acquired in 2011. He then established ET Enterprises, a portfolio of companies including PopSocial, MilliSense, ArtX and GrowthHackers, in 2013 and served as PopSocial’s CEO.

VCU’s universitywide commencement will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St. The event will be livestreamed at www.vcu.edu.

For more information, including department ceremonies and an RSVP link for new graduates, visit commencement.vcu.edu.