# Jon Lee

> Jon Lee is the founder and former CEO of Copper CRM, originally ProsperWorks, and a co-founder of Datajoy, acquired by Databricks in 2022. His earlier ventures include Bazaar Advertising Solutions and DNA Games, sold to Epic Media Group and Zynga respectively. A UC Berkeley industrial engineering and operations research graduate, he has built businesses around advertising optimization, social games, customer relationships, and revenue data.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur and software company founder
- **Organizations:** Copper, Datajoy, DNA Games, Zynga, Bazaar Advertising Solutions, Epic Media Group, Yahoo, Merrill Lynch
- **Education:** BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Built Bazaar Advertising Solutions from $10,000 in starting capital to more than $47 million in business volume in under two years, according to his founder profile., Co-founded DNA Games, acquired by Zynga in May 2011., Founded Copper, a CRM built around Google productivity tools.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and business operations at Yahoo Search International.
- **2004-2006** — Founded and led Bazaar Advertising Solutions; sold the business in 2006.
- **2009** — Co-founded DNA Games.
- **2011** — DNA Games acquired by Zynga in May; became a Zynga general manager working on ChefVille.
- **2013** — Founded ProsperWorks, according to his public founder profile.
- **2016** — Announced a $24 million Series B funding round for ProsperWorks.
- **2018** — ProsperWorks rebranded as Copper.
- **2019** — Dennis Fois succeeded Lee as Copper CEO; Lee remained on the board of advisors.
- **2021** — Appeared in a Growth Marketing Chat interview as CEO and co-founder of Datajoy.
- **2022** — Datajoy joined Databricks in October; the announcement identified Lee as co-founder and executive chairman.

## Achievements

- Built Bazaar Advertising Solutions from $10,000 in starting capital to more than $47 million in business volume in under two years, according to his founder profile.
- Co-founded DNA Games, acquired by Zynga in May 2011.
- Founded Copper, a CRM built around Google productivity tools.
- Co-founded Datajoy, acquired by Databricks in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2022-10** — Databricks announced that Datajoy would join the company; Lee was identified as Datajoy co-founder and executive chairman.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonleepw/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JonLeeCopper

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Last updated: 2026-10-08