The story so far
Tobias Lütke (CEO) co-founded Shopify in 2006 after recongnizing the value and need for commerce software. As a programmer himself Tobias has served on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as the Typo weblog engine, Liquid and Active Merchant. He has served as CEO of Shopify since 2008. Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for reliability, while delivering a better shopping experience for consumers everywhere. Shopify is the all-in-one commerce platform to start, run, and grow a business. Shopify powers over 1.7 million businesses in more than 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Allbirds, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Staples, and many more.
Themes
Infrastructure Software
Founded
2004
OMERS First Investment
2013
Exited
2015