Founder Profile
Brent Frei
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Brent Frei?
Brent Frei is a founder of Smartsheet, which was founded in 2005 with Mark Mader, Eric Browne and John Creason.
- Company founded
- Smartsheet
- Founded
- 2005
- Co-founders
- Mark Mader, Eric Browne and John Creason
Background
Founder and former CEO of Onyx Software; Pacific Northwest enterprise software entrepreneur.
Founding Story
Brent Frei co-founded Smartsheet in 2005 in Bellevue, Washington, after founding Onyx Software, a CRM vendor he took public. He led Smartsheet in its first year before Mark Mader became CEO in 2006, and later served on the board. Brent Frei was born in 1966.
Sources
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- Smartsheet FY2024 Annual Report (Smartsheet)
- Q3 FY2025 results (Smartsheet)