Claire Hughes Johnson

Former COO of Stripe (2014–2021), joining when the company was ~160 people and leaving when it was ~7,000+. Previously spent nearly eleven years at Google, including as VP of Self-Driving Cars, VP of Global Online Sales, and Director of Sales and Operations for Gmail, YouTube, Google Apps, and AdWords — joining at ~1,800 people (pre-IPO) and leaving at ~60,000. Author of Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building (2023), published by Stripe Press. Board member at HubSpot and The Atlantic.

Episodes

• Claire Hughes Johnson on Scaling People and the Company Operating System — Lenny’s Podcast