Founder Profile
Mathias Biilmann
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Mathias Biilmann?
Mathias Biilmann is a founder of Netlify, which was founded in 2014 with Christian Bach.
- Company founded
- Netlify
- Founded
- 2014
- Co-founders
- Christian Bach
Background
Danish developer who built web publishing and content management tools in Europe before moving to San Francisco to start Netlify.
Founding Story
Mathias Biilmann is Netlify's co-founder and CEO, a role he has held since 2014. He coined 'Jamstack' in 2015, led the company's 2021 Series D at a $2 billion valuation and its five acquisitions from 2021 to 2023, and has steered Netlify toward AI agents since 2025, including the April 2026 switch to seat-free pricing. Mathias Biilmann was born in 1981.