# Arnold Engel

> Arnold Engel is the co-founder and CEO of Tundra, a zero-commission wholesale marketplace he started in 2017 with his wife Katie Engel after years running a global supply chain company. A Dartmouth economics graduate and former McKinsey consultant, Engel built Tundra to hand independent retailers the same buying power as big-box giants - no transaction fees, no markups, free shipping. The platform grew to more than two million ready-to-ship products and over 30,000 retailers, raising about $42 million across rounds including a $26M Series B led by Emergence Capital in 2021.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Tundra
- **Organizations:** Tundra, Vox Supply Chain, McKinsey & Company, Margin Points
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B. in Economics, Dartmouth College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Tundra, a wholesale marketplace with over 2 million ready-to-ship products and 30,000+ retailers, Raised roughly $42 million across multiple venture rounds from Emergence Capital, Redpoint, Initialized, Peterson Ventures, FJ Labs and others, Tundra named to the CNBC Upstart 100 list in 2019

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Joined McKinsey & Company as a consultant
- **2009** — Became CEO of Vox Supply Chain, a global supply chain company
- **2017** — Co-founded Tundra with wife Katie Engel as a zero-commission wholesale marketplace
- **2019** — Tundra raised a $12M Series A led by Redpoint; named to the CNBC Upstart 100
- **2021** — Tundra closed a $26M Series B led by Emergence Capital

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Tundra, a wholesale marketplace with over 2 million ready-to-ship products and 30,000+ retailers
- Raised roughly $42 million across multiple venture rounds from Emergence Capital, Redpoint, Initialized, Peterson Ventures, FJ Labs and others
- Tundra named to the CNBC Upstart 100 list in 2019
- Pioneered a zero-commission model in B2B wholesale, removing 5-30% transaction fees common across the industry

## Latest updates

- **2021-10** — Tundra announced a $26M Series B led by Emergence Capital, with Santi Subotovsky joining the board.

## Links

- Website: https://tundra.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoldengel
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/tundradotcom
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tundradotcom

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