# Anand Kishore

> Anand Kishore is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Aspire, the creator marketing company previously known as Revfluence and AspireIQ. An electrical engineering graduate of USC who worked at Goldman Sachs and JGE Capital, he has advocated for brand communities, creative freedom and measurable creator partnerships. His public work spans community strategy, campaign operations, creator advertising and global payouts.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Aspire
- **Organizations:** Aspire, Goldman Sachs, JGE Capital
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aspire in 2013., Led Aspire as it developed tools connecting creator relationships, campaign operations and advertising., Aspire reported 61,000 collaborations and 181,000 social posts through its platform in 2020.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and JGE Capital.
- **2013** — Co-founded the creator marketing company originally known as Revfluence, later AspireIQ and Aspire.
- **2020** — Published Community & the future of commerce, outlining his argument for brands investing in communities.
- **2021** — Featured in Aspire conversations with Dee Murthy and Jiake Liu about commerce and customer relationships.
- **2022** — Discussed creator autonomy and campaign performance in a Forbes interview.
- **2023** — Joined product leader Rajiv Arunkundram for a customer roadmap webinar focused on attributable returns.
- **2024** — Listed as host of a Shoptalk conversation with TikTok’s Mandy Mao; featured in a May webinar with FERMÀT co-founder Rishabh Jain.
- **2025** — Led Aspire during the announced launches of YouTube Shorts integration and CreatorAds Suite’s Meta Partnership Ads workflow.
- **2026** — Announced Aspire’s adoption of Lumanu for global creator payouts.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aspire in 2013.
- Led Aspire as it developed tools connecting creator relationships, campaign operations and advertising.
- Aspire reported 61,000 collaborations and 181,000 social posts through its platform in 2020.
- Aspire’s October 2026 payment announcement described more than $100 million in creator payouts worldwide.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Aspire selected Lumanu to power global creator payouts; the announcement describes coverage in more than 180 countries.
- **2025-08** — Aspire announced CreatorAds Suite’s Meta Partnership Ads workflow for permissions, media buying and tracking.
- **2025-01** — Aspire announced first-party YouTube Shorts integration.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aspire.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand236/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/anandkishore

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Last updated: 2026-10-26