# Ben Uretsky

> Ben Uretsky is the co-founder and founding CEO of DigitalOcean, where he served as CEO from 2011 to 2018. After co-founding managed-hosting business ServerStack, he helped build a cloud platform focused on simplicity for developers. His later work includes co-founding Welcome Homes, investing in Vantage and founding Sky Ventures.

- **Role:** Founder at Sky Ventures
- **Organizations:** DigitalOcean, ServerStack, Welcome Homes, Sky Ventures, Vantage
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in information systems (as described in his Cleverism interview), Pace University, Stuyvesant High School, Startup accelerator program, Techstars Boulder
- **Known for:** Co-founded DigitalOcean and led it as CEO through 2018., DigitalOcean announced one million users in July 2017., DigitalOcean reported a $200 million run rate at its June 2018 CEO succession announcement.

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Founded ServerStack, a managed hosting business, with his brother Moisey.
- **2011** — Began building DigitalOcean with fellow founders; served as founding CEO.
- **2012** — DigitalOcean incorporated in March and joined Techstars Boulder.
- **2013** — DigitalOcean launched its SSD virtual machine offering on January 15.
- **2017** — DigitalOcean announced one million users in July.
- **2018** — Announced a CEO succession search in February and introduced Mark Templeton as successor in June.
- **2020** — Co-founded Welcome Homes.
- **2021** — Participated in Vantage’s seed financing, announced in June.

## Achievements

- Co-founded DigitalOcean and led it as CEO through 2018.
- DigitalOcean announced one million users in July 2017.
- DigitalOcean reported a $200 million run rate at its June 2018 CEO succession announcement.
- DigitalOcean recorded $200 million in 2018 revenue, according to Matt Turck’s March 2019 conversation notes.

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Welcome Homes, which Uretsky co-founded, announced a $29 million Series A financing.
- **2021-06** — Vantage named Ben Uretsky among participants in its $4 million seed investment.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benuretsky
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benuretsky

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