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Nextdoor Co-Founder and CEO Nirav Tolia [Image: Courtesy photo; Nextdoor; DI Studio]
Nextdoor Opens Office in Dallas, the Home of Its Co‑Founder and CEO
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 22, 2026
The online neighborhood network's first hub in Texas will have 15 employees on day one, with plans to grow to 30-40 team members by summer 2026. Co-Founder and CEO Nirav Tolia has lived in the city since 2021—and Nextdoor's CFO is also Dallas-based.
by David Seeley |
Jan 15, 2026
Megha Tolia's new role is designed to expand the institute’s international reach and amplify its mission to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. She'll continue in her role as a co-founding director of the Spears Institute alongside her husband, Nirav Tolia, founder and CEO of Nextdoor.
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by David Seeley |
May 9, 2024
Nextdoor also added three new board members, including former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, to its board of directors. The appointments are part of a broader leadership transformation at Nextdoor, following the announcement that co-founder Tolia would return as CEO, replacing Sarah Friar.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2024
Joshua Taylor will be responsible for leading the institute’s goals, programs, and operations, in alignment with the overall mission and vision of SMU Cox, co-founding directors Megha Tolia and Nirav Tolia, and benefactor Dr. William S. Spears.
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Nextdoor Co-Founder and Former CEO Tolia Nirav, right, talks with Capital One’s Kamlesh Talreja at Dallas Startup Week 2023. [Photo: Dallas Startup Week]
Nextdoor Co‑Founder Nirav Tolia on Creating Community, Building Teams, and Learning From Failure
by Glenn Hunter | Sep 21, 2023
During Dallas Startup Week, the entrepreneur and executive—a Highland Park resident who Yahoo employee No. 84 before founding multiple tech companies—said "successes will spawn more successes" in the North Texas startup ecosystem.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 11, 2023
Global TV and tech innovators Megha and Nirav Tolia will helm SMU’s Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Launched in 2022 with the largest-ever gift by a non-alumnus in SMU's history, the institute is gearing up to leverage the "culture of free enterprise in North Texas."
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