Remitly Global, Inc.
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Founders
Matthew Oppenheimer, Josh Hug, Shivaas Gulati · Founded 2011 · Seattle, Washington
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Remitly Global was founded by Matthew Oppenheimer, Josh Hug, Shivaas Gulati in 2011 in Seattle, Washington. The company is currently led by Sebastian J. Gunningham.
Remitly began after Matthew Oppenheimer saw how painful cross-border money movement could be while living and working abroad. Josh Hug and Shivaas Gulati joined as co-founders.
Oppenheimer founded Remitly after observing how hard international money movement could be for migrants and families.
Co-founder, former CEO, and current Chairman of Remitly.
Hug joined Remitly as a co-founder after mentoring the company and brought consumer product and startup experience.
Co-founder and former operating/product leader.
Gulati brought engineering and immigrant-family perspective to Remitly's early product and technology work.
Co-founder and engineering leader in Remitly's origin story.
Sebastian J. Gunningham
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed CEO effective February 19, 2026 to lead Remitly's next phase of scaled cross-border financial-services growth.
Matthew Oppenheimer
Co-Founder and Chairman
Led Remitly from founding through IPO, scale, and the first full year of GAAP profitability before transitioning from CEO to Chairman.
Vikas Mehta
Chief Financial Officer
Helps lead financial discipline, guidance, and operating leverage as Remitly scales.
Remitly was founded by Matthew Oppenheimer, Josh Hug, and Shivaas Gulati.
Remitly traces its origin to 2011.
The founding story matters because Remitly was built around a specific customer pain: immigrants needing faster, clearer, and more reliable ways to send money home.
The founders shaped a customer-trust model that prioritizes corridor depth, payout reliability, mobile UX, compliance, and localized service.