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Krishna Rao

Chief Financial Officer, Anthropic

  • Chief Financial Officer, Anthropic since Apr 20241

Krishna Rao is the chief financial officer of Anthropic, PBC. Anthropic’s Form S-1, filed October 26, 2026, says Rao has served as CFO since April 2024. The prospectus is the company’s registration statement for a proposed Nasdaq listing of Class A common stock under the ticker ANT; it names Rao as an executive officer and not as a director.12

At a glance

Current role
Chief Financial Officer
Company
Anthropic
Sector
Company
Education
Yale Law School, Harvard College
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Named Anthropic’s chief financial officer since April 2024 in the company’s October 26, 2026 S-1.1
  • The S-1 says Rao was previously CFO of Fanatics Commerce and of Cedar, and held corporate-development and FP&A roles at Airbnb.1

Anthropic

Rao has served as Anthropic’s chief financial officer since April 2024, according to the S-1. The filing’s table of executive officers and directors as of September 30, 2026 lists Rao as CFO and does not list a board seat.1

Earlier finance roles

Before Anthropic, the S-1 says Rao was chief financial officer at Fanatics Commerce from May 2023 to April 2024 and chief financial officer of Cedar from July 2021 to May 2023. From October 2015 to July 2021, Rao held roles at Airbnb that included global head of corporate and business development and director of financial planning and analysis.1

Prior to Airbnb, Rao was a principal in the private equity group at Blackstone from September 2011 to September 2015. Rao began a career as a strategy consultant at Bain from September 2005 to July 2008. The prospectus says Rao holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an A.B. in economics from Harvard College.1

Timeline

  1. Joined Blackstone’s private equity group as a principal, according to the S-1, serving through September 2015.1
  2. Joined Airbnb; the S-1 says roles there through July 2021 included global head of corporate and business development.1
  3. Became Anthropic’s chief financial officer.1
  4. Named as CFO in Anthropic’s S-1 for a proposed public listing.12

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Chief Financial Officer, Fanatics Commerce (May 2023 – Apr 2024)1
  • Chief Financial Officer, Cedar (Jul 2021 – May 2023)1
  • Global Head of Corporate & Business Development, Airbnb (Oct 2015 – Jul 2021)1
  • Principal, Private Equity Group, Blackstone (Sep 2011 – Sep 2015)1

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 29, 2026 · data updated Oct 29, 2026

  1. Form S-1 (Anthropic, PBC), ManagementU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Filing · published Oct 26, 2026 · accessed Oct 29, 2026
  2. Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for proposed initial public offeringAnthropic · Announcement · published Oct 26, 2026 · accessed Oct 29, 2026

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