Amy Bohutinsky

Bohutinsky earned a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication from Washington & Lee University. She worked in journalism early in her career and later held leadership positions at the travel company Hotwire, including director of corporate communications.⁠[1][2][3]

In August 2005 Bohutinsky joined Zillow as director of communications; she became vice president of communications in August 2008, vice president of marketing and communications in September 2010, and served as chief marketing officer from March 2011 to August 2015. During her time at Zillow she was involved in several major acquisitions and the company’s stock market debut.⁠[1][3]

She served as a director of HotelTonight from 2014 to 2019 and of Avvo from 2014 to 2018.⁠[1]

On March 25, 2015, Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry (a16z) released the episode “a16z Podcast: Public or Private? Finding the Right Board Seat,” featuring Bohutinsky, then chief marketing officer of Zillow Group and a director of Hotel Tonight and Avvo, alongside Dawn Lepore, former chair and CEO of Drugstore.com, and Michelle Wilson, former AmazonAmazonAmazon is a publicly traded U.S. technology and retail company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, with its principal corporate offices in Seattle. Its businesses span e-commerce, logistics and fulfillment, digital advertising, membership and entertainment services, consumer electronics, and Amazon Web Services cloud computing.Open the full entry general counsel and a Zendesk board member.⁠[4]

The episode discussed why, when, and how to take a board seat and whether to focus on a public or private company; the episode page noted that getting a board seat “isn't just about adding value, but also about what value you take from it for your career.” It was uploaded to the a16z YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel on January 1, 2019.⁠[4][5]

From August 2015 to January 2019 Bohutinsky served as Zillow’s chief operating officer. In October 2018 she joined the Zillow Group board, remaining a director after stepping down as an executive and serving on its compensation and nominating and governance committees.⁠[1][3]

Rich Barton, then executive chairman of Zillow Group, said she “tirelessly helped lead Zillow Group through every major milestone.”⁠[3]

From November 2018 to September 2020 she served as a director of Gap Inc.⁠[1]Gap Inc.Gap Inc. is an apparel retailer headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, whose brands include Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, selling clothing, accessories and lifestyle products through company-operated and franchise stores and e-commerce sites. It grew out of the first Gap store, opened in San Francisco in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher, and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GAP.Open the full entry

In June 2019 Bohutinsky joined the growth-stage investment firm TCV as a venture partner, working with its business-to-consumer portfolio companies and focusing on consumer technology. She later became an operating partner for TCV funds.⁠[3][1]

Since June 2020 Bohutinsky has been an independent director of the language-learning company Duolingo, serving on its audit, risk and compliance committee and chairing its nominating and corporate governance committee. She was a director of Modsy from September 2020 to July 2022, has been a director of UnitedMasters since November 2021, and of Wealthsimple since May 2024.⁠[2][1]