Krishna Rao currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Fanatics Commerce. Over the course of his nearly 20 years of experience, Krishna has served as a strategic finance leader for world-class brands, known for their relentless focus on the customer experience. 

Krishna joins Fanatics from Cedar, a healthcare payments and patient engagement platform where he served as the company’s CFO, leading both the finance function and operational initiatives. Previously, he was Global Head of Corporate & Business Development and led Corporate and Operations FP&A for Airbnb, where his work ranged from helping to navigate financially through the COVID-19 pandemic to playing a leading role in raising over $10 billion of equity and debt capital, including Airbnb’s IPO and private financings.

Krishna also previously served as a private equity investor at Blackstone and as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company. Krishna holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and received an A.B. in economics from Harvard College.