# Liviu Tanase

> Liviu Tanase is the Romanian founder and CEO of ZeroBounce, the email validation and deliverability company based in Santa Barbara, California. After founding four businesses in Romania and moving to the U.S. in 2014, he built his fifth around the problem of deteriorating email data. His public interviews describe a reader and chess enthusiast who favors evidence in marketing, customer feedback in product development and continued investment in his existing team.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ZeroBounce
- **Organizations:** ZeroBounce
- **Nationality:** Romanian
- **Known for:** Founded five companies, including four in Romania before ZeroBounce., Led ZeroBounce to No. 40 on the 2020 Inc. 5000; the company reported more than 7,000% growth for the ranking period., Forbes Next 1000 honoree, 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Founded four companies in Romania, according to his SUCCESS interview.
- **2014** — Moved from Romania to the United States.
- **2015** — ZeroBounce project began; the company’s 2020 retrospective dates its founding to 2015.
- **2017** — ZeroBounce became fully operational as an email validation and list enhancement service; current company materials use 2017 as the founding year.
- **2018** — ZeroBounce introduced AI email scoring for uncertain addresses, including catch-all addresses.
- **2020** — ZeroBounce launched server and inbox placement testing and ranked No. 40 on the Inc. 5000.
- **2021** — Recognized in the Forbes Next 1000.
- **2026** — ZeroBounce announced AI-managed mailbox detection in September.

## Achievements

- Founded five companies, including four in Romania before ZeroBounce.
- Led ZeroBounce to No. 40 on the 2020 Inc. 5000; the company reported more than 7,000% growth for the ranking period.
- Forbes Next 1000 honoree, 2021.
- Built ZeroBounce from email validation into a broader email deliverability platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — ZeroBounce announced AI-managed mailbox detection, with Tanase explaining the importance of understanding who handles a delivered message.
- **2026-08** — SUCCESS published an online feature about his marketing experiments, infrastructure decisions and commitment to ZeroBounce; the article states it first appeared in the March/April 2025 print issue.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liviutanase/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21