Founder Profile
Dharmesh Shah
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Dharmesh Shah?
Dharmesh Shah is a founder of HubSpot, Inc., which was founded in 2006 with Brian Halligan.
- Company founded
- HubSpot, Inc.
- Founded
- 2006
- Co-founders
- Brian Halligan
Background
Shah was studying at MIT Sloan School of Management when he met Brian Halligan in 2004. He had previously founded Pyramid Digital Solutions, a software company he later sold, and wrote the startup blog OnStartups.com. He brought the engineering vision for a single platform where all customer data lives in one database.
Founding Story
Dharmesh Shah is HubSpot's co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, a role he has held since 2006. Before HubSpot he founded and sold Pyramid Digital Solutions and built a large following with his OnStartups blog, an early proof that useful content could attract an audience without ad spend. At HubSpot he shaped the culture code and the unified Smart CRM architecture, and he has been a prominent voice on AI agents, including the agent.ai community he launched. Dharmesh Shah was born in 1967.
Sources
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- HubSpot 2025 Form 10-K (HubSpot, Inc.)
- SEC Companyfacts - HubSpot Inc. (HubSpot, Inc.)