Founder Profile
David Habben
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is David Habben?
David Habben is a founder of Flexport, Inc., which was founded in 2013 with Ryan Petersen.
- Company founded
- Flexport, Inc.
- Founded
- 2013
- Co-founders
- Ryan Petersen
Background
Software engineer and early tech employee.
Founding Story
David Habben co-founded Flexport in 2013 alongside Ryan Petersen. While Petersen handled the massive regulatory and business complexities of global shipping, Habben served as the technical architect. He built the initial, highly disruptive software dashboard that allowed companies to actually track their ocean freight in real-time—a feature that the massive, archaic freight forwarding industry completely lacked at the time. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Sourcing Journal: Flexport 2024 revenue of $2.1 billion (Flexport, Inc.)
- Wall Street Journal: Flexport forecasts profitability in 2025, with an asterisk (Flexport, Inc.)