# Mark Gavalda

> Mark Gavalda is a Hungarian entrepreneur, developer and co-founder of Kinsta, the managed WordPress hosting business established in 2013. He served as CEO before moving to chairman when Jon Penland became CEO in September 2025, and remains a board member. His career spans online marketing, WordPress development, customer support and building a customer-funded company with international reach.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chairman at Kinsta
- **Organizations:** Kinsta, MandLoys Online Marketing
- **Nationality:** Hungarian
- **Education:** Budapest College of Communication and Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded a hosting business in 2013 that grew through founder funding and reinvested customer revenue., Led Kinsta as CEO before its 2025 leadership succession., Helped build a WordPress hosting operation with customers across 128 countries, according to Kinsta.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2014** — Led MandLoys Online Marketing as CEO; the public organization profile dates the role from January 2008 to July 2014.
- **2013** — Co-founded Kinsta with Anita Dunai, Peter Sziraki and Tom Zsomborgi.
- **2014** — Wrote about a Stripe account closure; Stripe restored the account after the post and he published a follow-up acknowledging its response.
- **2018** — Hired Evelin Nagy as Kinsta’s first dedicated HR employee; she recalled his invitation to define the function.
- **2025** — Transitioned from CEO to chairman when Jon Penland became CEO in September; remained a board member.

## Achievements

- Co-founded a hosting business in 2013 that grew through founder funding and reinvested customer revenue.
- Led Kinsta as CEO before its 2025 leadership succession.
- Helped build a WordPress hosting operation with customers across 128 countries, according to Kinsta.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Jon Penland became Kinsta CEO; Gavalda remained founder, chairman and board member.

## Links

- Website: https://kinsta.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgavalda
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MarkGavalda

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Last updated: 2026-10-14