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Wikipedia chief, US government adviser and now Web Summit chief executive – who is Katherine Maher?

Web Summit’s new boss was appointed on Monday after co-founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned as chief executive amid backlash over comments he made about the Israel-Hamas conflict

Katherine Maher, the new Web Summit chief executive, at Web Summit’s premises on October 30, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. Picture: Horacio Villalobos, Corbis/Getty Images

When Katherine Maher, Web Summit’s newly appointed chief executive, was departing her previous role as Wikipedia boss two years ago, she said one of the ...