Founder Profile
Edward Kim
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Edward Kim?
Edward Kim is a founder of Gusto (ZenPayroll, Inc.), which was founded in 2011 with Joshua Reeves and Tomer London.
- Company founded
- Gusto (ZenPayroll, Inc.)
- Founded
- 2011
- Co-founders
- Joshua Reeves and Tomer London
Background
Software engineer and Y Combinator alum.
Founding Story
Edward Kim co-founded Gusto in 2011. Before Gusto, he had developed a highly successful photo-sharing app, but struggled immensely with the complexity of running a real business and paying employees. As Chief Technology Officer, he architected Gusto's highly complex backend, ensuring it could perfectly calculate incredibly convoluted state and federal tax codes without error. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- TechCrunch: Gusto hits $1B revenue (May 2026) (Gusto (ZenPayroll, Inc.))
- TechCrunch: Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline (Oct 2025) (Gusto (ZenPayroll, Inc.))