Shopify Inc.
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Founders
Tobias Lutke, Daniel Weinand, Scott Lake · Founded 2006 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Shopify was founded by Tobias Lutke, Daniel Weinand, Scott Lake in 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The company is currently led by Tobias Lutke.
Shopify began after Tobias Lutke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake built software for an online snowboard store and realized the commerce software itself was the bigger opportunity.
Tobias Lutke co-founded Shopify after building commerce software for an online snowboard store.
He remains Shopify's CEO and central product leader.
Daniel Weinand co-founded Shopify and helped shape the early product and design direction.
His work helped turn the internal snowboard-store platform into a commercial product.
Scott Lake co-founded Shopify after working with Lutke on the original online store concept.
He helped launch the company that became a global commerce platform.
Tobias Lutke
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Leads product direction, platform strategy, and long-term company culture.
Harley Finkelstein
President
Has been a key leader in merchant, partner, and go-to-market expansion.