# Jonathan Cherki

> Jonathan Cherki is the French founder and CEO of Contentsquare, the digital experience analytics company he established in Paris in 2012 after a student project at ESSEC. Raised in Marseille and expected to join his family’s dry-legume import-export business, he instead pursued the gap between advertising clicks and completed purchases. Based in New York since 2017, he has led Contentsquare’s international expansion and acquisitions, including Hotjar, Heap and Loris AI.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Contentsquare
- **Organizations:** Contentsquare, Contentsquare Foundation
- **From:** Marseille, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** ESSEC Business School
- **Known for:** Built Contentsquare from a student project into an international digital experience analytics business., Led the company through its 2022 financing at a reported $5.6 billion valuation., Received the 2024 ESSEC USA Visionary Award.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — ESSEC graduating class identified as E11 by the ESSEC Foundation.
- **2012** — Founded Contentsquare in Paris following an ESSEC student project.
- **2016** — Contentsquare raised $20 million in Series A funding; Highland Europe began its investment relationship.
- **2017** — Moved to New York with his family to develop Contentsquare’s North American business.
- **2019** — Contentsquare acquired Clicktale and Pricing Assistant.
- **2021** — Contentsquare acquired Hotjar and Upstride and launched the Contentsquare Foundation.
- **2022** — Contentsquare announced $600 million in financing, consisting of $400 million equity and $200 million debt, at a $5.6 billion valuation.
- **2023** — Contentsquare acquired Heap and PingPong.
- **2024** — Received the ESSEC USA Visionary Award; Contentsquare brought its Contentsquare, Heap and Hotjar products together in an all-in-one platform.
- **2025** — Contentsquare announced its agreement to acquire Loris AI on July 30.
- **2026** — Contentsquare announced expanded AI-agent, ChatGPT-app and conversation analytics on March 17; Cherki appeared at the top of the Choiseul 100 2026 ranking.

## Achievements

- Built Contentsquare from a student project into an international digital experience analytics business.
- Led the company through its 2022 financing at a reported $5.6 billion valuation.
- Received the 2024 ESSEC USA Visionary Award.
- Ranked first in the Choiseul 100 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — In a June 9 Choiseul Magazine interview, Cherki discussed international expansion, AI investment and nine acquisitions; he was identified as number one in Choiseul 100 2026.
- **2026-03** — On March 17, Contentsquare announced configurable Sense Analyst agents, ChatGPT app and prompt analytics, LLM traffic visibility and expanded conversation intelligence.
- **2025-07** — On July 30, Contentsquare announced a definitive agreement to acquire conversation intelligence platform Loris AI.

## Links

- Website: https://contentsquare.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancherki

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