933 Why Wordpress CEO Raised $300m, Replaced Himself, and New Gutenberg
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Nathan Latka
4.6 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Matt Mullenweg, co-founder, WordPress; founder & CEO, Automattic
Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform, WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder & CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.
He has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc Magazine, TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, University Philosophical Society, and Vanity Fair.
Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. Matt splits time between Houston, New York, and San Francisco.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies and got |
| 0:06.9 | filthy rich or crash and burn. Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other |
| 0:16.1 | insider information that creates business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million. |
| 0:23.6 | I had no money when I started the company. |
| 0:25.6 | It was a hundred and sixty million dollars which is the size of any IPOs. |
| 0:29.6 | We're a bit strapped. |
| 0:30.6 | We have like 22,000 customers. |
| 0:33.6 | With over five million downloads in a very short amount of time, |
| 0:38.6 | major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest-growing business show on iTunes. |
| 0:43.6 | I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode. |
| 0:48.6 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:49.4 | My guest today is Matt Mullenweg. |
| 0:51.0 | He is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform WordPress, |
| 0:58.3 | the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder and CEO of Automatic, |
| 1:03.4 | the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital Investment and Research Company. He's been recognized for his leadership and |
| 1:07.5 | success by Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, and many, many other magazines. |
| 1:11.9 | He's originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the high school for the performing |
| 1:15.1 | and visual arts and studied jazz saxophone. |
| 1:17.8 | In his spare time, he's an avid photographer. |
| 1:19.7 | He splits his time between Houston, New York, and San Francisco. |
| 1:23.4 | Matt, are you ready to take us to the top? |
| 1:25.5 | I'm ready. |
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