Webflow, Inc.
Founders
Vlad Magdalin, Sergie Magdalin, Bryant Chou · Founded 2013 · HQ today: San Francisco, California, United States
Webflow was founded by Vlad Magdalin, Sergie Magdalin, Bryant Chou in 2013. It is now led by Linda Tong.
Vlad Magdalin wanted designers to build production websites without handing mockups to engineers to recode. He partnered with his brother Sergie Magdalin, a designer, and engineer Bryant Chou, and the three launched Webflow in 2013 and joined Y Combinator that year. In 2014 they raised a $1.5 million seed round from Khosla Ventures, Tim Draper and others. The company then grew for several years without raising a large round. Forbes later described the period before its 2019 Series A as a stretch in which Webflow came close to running out of money.
Software developer and designer who had worked at Intuit before starting Webflow.
Vlad Magdalin co-founded Webflow in 2013 and was its CEO until June 2024, leading it through Y Combinator and its funding rounds up to the 2022 Series C at a $4 billion valuation. He then handed the CEO role to Linda Tong and became Chief Innovation Officer. Vlad Magdalin was born in 1982.
Designer and tech entrepreneur.
Sergie Magdalin co-founded Webflow in 2013 alongside his brother Vlad. As the absolutely critical design visionary, he was obsessed with the idea that graphic designers should not have to learn complex code. He heavily drove the insanely intuitive, highly aesthetic visual interface that allows Webflow to write clean, semantic HTML/CSS in the background while the user simply drags and drops elements. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Software engineer.
Bryant Chou co-founded Webflow in 2013 and served as its chief technology officer, leading early engineering of the platform. He was still named among the co-founders working with the leadership team at the 2024 CEO transition. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Linda Tong
Chief Executive Officer
As the current CEO (and former COO), the highly experienced tech executive is tasked with deeply monetizing Webflow's massive user base to justify its unicorn valuation.
Vlad Magdalin
Co-Founder; CEO (2013-2024), now Chief Innovation Officer
As Co-Founder and CEO, he is the absolute spiritual and strategic anchor of the company, fiercely driving its mission to democratize software creation for non-engineers.
Webflow was co-founded by software engineer Vlad Magdalin, his brother and digital designer Sergie Magdalin, and engineering executive Bryant Chou.
Vlad Magdalin was born in Russia in 1982 and immigrated to the United States as a child refugee; he studied computer science and worked as a senior software engineer at Intuit before creating Webflow.
Sergie Magdalin provided the creative design vision, championing the principle that visual designers should manipulate web design elements directly without having to write raw CSS and HTML syntax.
Bryant Chou joined as co-founder and CTO, bringing essential software architecture experience from previous engineering leadership roles at Vungle and other Silicon Valley startups.
After three failed attempts between 2005 and 2012, Vlad drained his life savings and accumulated $60,000 in credit card debt to build the 2013 prototype before being accepted into Y Combinator.
In March 2013, Vlad posted a video demonstration on Hacker News titled 'Webflow: Responsive web design, visual code generation,' generating over 25,000 beta signups in less than 48 hours.
The founders set out to democratize software creation, making it possible for non-programmers to build production-grade, highly customized web applications visually.
Vlad Magdalin remains heavily involved as Chief Innovation Officer and board member, while Sergie Magdalin and Bryant Chou remain substantial equity holders and strategic advisors.
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