# Manick Bhan

> Manick Bhan is the founder, CEO and CTO of Search Atlas, an AI marketing and SEO software platform, and a founder of LinkGraph. After working at Goldman Sachs, he taught himself software development and built the ticket marketplace Rukkus, a significant portion of whose assets TickPick acquired in 2018. His work spans search experiments, agency tools, marketing automation, public teaching and animal advocacy.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO and CTO at Search Atlas
- **Organizations:** Search Atlas, LinkGraph, Rukkus, Goldman Sachs, Animal Heroes Fund, SEOTheory
- **From:** Baltimore, United States
- **Education:** B.S. in Neuroscience and Chemistry; also studied music; A.B. Duke scholarship recipient, Duke University
- **Known for:** Built Rukkus’s ticketing and venue-view technology; TickPick acquired a significant portion of the business’s assets in July 2018., Founder of LinkGraph, listed on the Inc. 5000 in 2022 and 2023., Vegas Inc 40 Under 40 honoree in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2009** — Attended Duke University on an A.B. Duke scholarship; participated in Duke Men’s Crew.
- **2009** — Joined Goldman Sachs after an internship, working on a bond desk, according to his public biography.
- **2013** — In his 2016 interview, dated his departure from Goldman Sachs and the founding of Rukkus to 2013.
- **2014** — His personal retrospective dates the Rukkus launch to 2014.
- **2018-07** — TickPick announced the acquisition of a significant portion of Rukkus’s assets, including its 360-degree venue-view technology.
- **2019** — Dates the founding of LinkGraph with Arman Advani to 2019 in his own retrospective; Inc.’s company listing gives 2018 as the company founding year.
- **—** — Built internal SEO tools at LinkGraph that developed into Search Atlas.
- **2022** — Named to Vegas Inc’s 40 Under 40; LinkGraph ranked 1,234 on the Inc. 5000.
- **2023** — LinkGraph ranked 2,243 on the Inc. 5000.
- **2025** — Search Atlas OTTO won Best AI Search Software Solution at the Global Search Awards.
- **2026** — Published essays on AI search and agentic marketing, and discussed weekly employee coding sessions.

## Achievements

- Built Rukkus’s ticketing and venue-view technology; TickPick acquired a significant portion of the business’s assets in July 2018.
- Founder of LinkGraph, listed on the Inc. 5000 in 2022 and 2023.
- Vegas Inc 40 Under 40 honoree in 2022.
- Founder, CEO and CTO of Search Atlas; its OTTO product won Best AI Search Software Solution at the 2025 Global Search Awards.
- A.B. Duke Full Academic Scholarship recipient.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — An August 25 interview described his emphasis on connected marketing systems and weekly coding sessions for employees.
- **2026-06** — Published a June 18 Forbes Business Council essay explaining his view of agentic marketing.
- **2026-03** — Published a March 5 Forbes Business Council essay on preparing businesses for AI search.

## Links

- Website: https://manickbhan.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manick-bhan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/madmanick
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ManickBhan
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manickbhan/

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