# Gabriel Engel

> Gabriel Engel is the Porto Alegre-based founder and CEO of Rocket.Chat. A business administration graduate who learned programming early, he cofounded Intelimen and Konecty and worked in product management at Vodafone before releasing Rocket.Chat in 2015. His work centers on open-source communication, customer engagement and organizational control of conversation data.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Rocket.Chat
- **Organizations:** Rocket.Chat, Konecty, Intelimen, Vodafone Global Enterprise
- **From:** Porto Alegre, Brazil
- **Nationality:** Brazilian
- **Education:** Business Administration, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
- **Known for:** Founded Rocket.Chat, a project released in 2015 that developed into a global communication business., Led Rocket.Chat through its $19 million Series A announced in February 2021., Built a communication platform whose company reports more than 12 million users in over 150 countries.

## Career timeline

- **University years** — Cofounded Intelimen with fellow students.
- **Before Rocket.Chat** — Lived in London for ten years and spent two and a half years at Vodafone; cofounded Konecty after returning to Brazil.
- **2015** — Released Rocket.Chat as an open-source project.
- **2016** — Rocket.Chat incorporated in late 2016, according to his 2025 interview.
- **2021** — Rocket.Chat announced a $19 million Series A led by Valor Capital Group.
- **2026** — Listed as CEO speaker for Rocket.Chat’s March 3 roadmap reveal.

## Achievements

- Founded Rocket.Chat, a project released in 2015 that developed into a global communication business.
- Led Rocket.Chat through its $19 million Series A announced in February 2021.
- Built a communication platform whose company reports more than 12 million users in over 150 countries.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Rocket.Chat scheduled Engel and Christopher Skelly as speakers for its March 3 roadmap reveal covering sovereignty, federation, interoperability and zero-trust capabilities.
- **2025-05** — Catch The Tornado published a founder interview with Engel about Rocket.Chat’s origins, incorporation and business model.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/gabriel.engel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielengel
- GitHub: https://github.com/engelgabriel

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Last updated: 2026-10-14