# Olivier Pomel

> Olivier Pomel is the French co-founder and CEO of Datadog, the New York-based observability and security software company founded in 2010 with Alexis Lê-Quôc. An early author of VLC and former technology leader at Wireless Generation, he has led Datadog through its 2019 Nasdaq IPO and subsequent expansion, emphasizing direct customer feedback, disciplined spending and early recognition of problems.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Datadog
- **Organizations:** Datadog, Wireless Generation, IBM Research, Neomeo, Silicongo, VideoLAN, Stream (advisor), Undefined Labs (advisor)
- **From:** La Garenne-Colombes, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Master of Science in Computer Science, École Centrale Paris
- **Known for:** Original author of the VLC media player., Grew Wireless Generation’s engineering team from a handful of people to nearly 100., Co-founded Datadog in 2010 and led it through its 2019 Nasdaq IPO.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Graduated from École Centrale Paris; worked at IBM Research in the United States.
- **2000** — Software engineer at Neomeo.
- **2001** — Software engineer at Silicongo.
- **2002–2010** — Worked at Wireless Generation, becoming Vice President of Technology and growing its engineering team to nearly 100.
- **2010** — Co-founded Datadog in New York with Alexis Lê-Quôc and became CEO.
- **2012** — Datadog launched Infrastructure Monitoring.
- **2019** — Led Datadog through its September Nasdaq IPO.
- **2026** — Continues as Datadog co-founder and CEO; named as an angel investor in Namespace’s October Series B.

## Achievements

- Original author of the VLC media player.
- Grew Wireless Generation’s engineering team from a handful of people to nearly 100.
- Co-founded Datadog in 2010 and led it through its 2019 Nasdaq IPO.
- Led Datadog as it reported $1.12 billion of quarterly revenue in Q2 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Namespace named Pomel among the angel investors in its $42 million Series B announced October 5.
- **2026-08** — Datadog reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.12 billion, up 36% year over year, and approximately 4,720 customers with at least $100,000 ARR.
- **2026-05** — In a Spencer Stuart leadership interview, Pomel discussed delegating responsibility, sampling customer and employee feedback, and experimenting with AI tools.
- **2026-03** — Pomel and Lê-Quôc appeared together in a Datadog video interview about the company’s origins and AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.datadoghq.com/about/leadership/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivierpomel
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/oliveur

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Last updated: 2026-10-21