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Maria Raga        

CEO of Depop

Maria Raga is the CEO of Depop. Since being promoted to the position in 2016 from VP of Operations, she has presided over every element of the business from finance and engineering to marketing and product. Depop is a peer-to-peer social shopping app extremely popular among Gen-Z. An open and collaborative CEO, Raga is dedicated to her team, which has grown to 150+ employees in 5 offices worldwide in the last three years alone. Perhaps most importantly, since she took over as CEO, she has raised close to $100M in funding, which has helped to grow and nurture the community on Depop – now 13 million users.

Prior to Depop, Raga held successively roles at Groupon and Privalia. Having graduated from Insead MBA, Raga joined Bain & Company as a consultant. Born in Valencia, Spain, Raga now resides in London with her husband and 2 children. In her spare time, Raga enjoys connecting with Depop’s entrepreneurial Gen-Z constituency and promoting women in the workplace.

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Maria Raga Is on the TIME100 Next 2021 List
Since she became CEO in 2016, Maria Raga has worked to make Depop appeal to a younger generation (the majority of its 26 million users are under 26) by ...
Depop CEO Maria Raga tells us everything about social e-commerce at Disrupt Berlin
Depop started as a simple app to post photos of clothes and offer them for sale. But it has become a cultural phenomenon with millions of users, a vibrant community and even some superusers making a living from the platform. That’s why I’m excited to announce that Depop CEO Maria Raga is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin.
How Depop Became Gen Z's Favorite Shopping App Under CEO Maria Raga
Founded in 2011 by Simon Beckerman, the same Simon Beckerman behind Italian eyewear brand RETROSUPERFUTURE, Depop has exploded in popularity in the last few years, occupying that coveted sweet spot between marketplace and social media platform. The app currently has more than 21 million global users and 90% of its active users are Gen Z. More than 25 million items are available on the app at any given time and its biggest sellers earn over $100,000 a year.
A Conversation With Maria Raga, CEO of Depop
Founded by Simon Beckerman in 2011, with a London HQ and offices in New York City and Los Angeles. Depop is the fashion marketplace for the next generation. It is home to a community of 16 million+ creatives worldwide [as of Autumn 2019] buying, selling and discovering the best in vintage and second-hand fashion, rare finds and favourite brands.
Maria Raga: the CEO behind Gen Z’s favourite shopping app
Meet the woman in charge of Depop, the secondhand fashion platform that is skyrocketing in popularity. Maria Raga, CEO of Depop, the fashion resale app, enjoys wearing other people’s old clothes, but what to call them? Secondhand? She’s not enamoured with the term. There are connotations. So, though it is not, strictly speaking, official Depop brand language, she has landed on a different phrase. “We say pre-loved!”

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