Tobias Lütke

Tobias Lütke
Born Koblenz, Germany
Residence Ottawa, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation CEO of Shopify
Spouse(s) Fiona McKean
Children 3
Website tobi.lutke.com

Tobias Lütke is founder and CEO of Shopify, a commerce company based in Ottawa, Canada.[1][2][3][4] Additionally, he has served on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created open source libraries such as Active Merchant.[5]

Early life

Lütke received a Commodore 64 from his parents at the age of six.[6] By 11 or 12, he began rewriting the code of the games he played and modifying the computer hardware. Lütke dropped out of school and entered an apprenticeship program at the Koblenzer Carl-Benz-School to become a computer programmer after tenth grade.[7][8] He moved from Germany to Canada in 2002.[6][7]

Career

In 2004, Lütke launched Snowdevil, an online snowboard shop from his garage with his partners, Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake.[3][9][10] Lütke, a programmer by trade, had decided to build his own[11] e-commerce platform in Ruby on Rails.[8][12] Soon after, the Snowdevil founders decided to shift their focus from snowboards to e-commerce and Shopify, the e-commerce platform, was officially launched in 2006.[13][14][15]

In 2012, Profit included Lütke on its “The Fabulous 30” list.[16] The Globe and Mail named Lütke “CEO of the Year” in November 2014.[17][18] By September 2016, more than 300,000 merchants utilized Shopify and over $20 billion worth of gross merchandise on the company’s platforms since 2006.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Episode: 375: Tobias Lutke - Founder & CEO of Shopify". Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "First family of Shopify to restore Opinicon resort". January 28, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Fluke and luck: Shopify’s co-founder profited from both". October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Founder to CEO: Tobias Lutke, Shopify". June 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tobias Lutke, CEO, Shopify at Business of Software 2011". May 23, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Our Canadian CEO of the year you’ve probably never heard of". November 27, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Shopify: Koblenzer revolutioniert Onlineshops". May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Against the Grain" (PDF). Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Q&A with Tobias Lütke of Shopify". June 3, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Finding Business Motivation in Industry Leaders". January 10, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Shopify picks up $7M in venture funding". December 13, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Top 5 Keys to Shopify's Success – an Interview with Tobias Lutke". December 22, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ "FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #1 - Shopify". May 3, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Zwei Deutsche mischen Kanadas Gründerszene auf". May 12, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Shopify auf der Überholspur". February 10, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Fab 30: Tobias Lutke, CEO of Shopify". July 18, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Shopify's Tobias Lutke Crowned CEO of 2014". November 27, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  18. ↑ Knowlton Thomas (November 27, 2014). "Tobias Lutke Crowned CEO of 2014". Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Shopify Preparing for Dual U.S.-Canada Initial Public Offering in 2015". January 9, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
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