# Pawel Hytry

> Pawel Hytry is the co-founder and CEO of Spacelift, an infrastructure orchestration company. A Wharton graduate with experience at McKinsey and Foodpanda, he previously co-founded FitPass Group, which was acquired by Groupe Up. He is an Endeavor entrepreneur, an OpenTofu founding participant, and a writer on entrepreneurship and infrastructure governance.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Spacelift
- **Organizations:** Spacelift, FitPass Group, Foodpanda, McKinsey & Company, Endeavor, OpenTofu
- **Nationality:** Polish
- **Education:** Operations & Information Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
- **Known for:** Co-founded FitPass and completed its sale to Groupe Up., Co-founded Spacelift and became its CEO., Selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur in September 2022; identified by conference biographies as the first from Poland.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2012** — Studied at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
- **Before 2014** — Worked at McKinsey and Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda, including CEE expansion.
- **2014** — Co-founded FitPass with Ognjen Radić in Serbia.
- **2019** — Sold FitPass to Groupe Up, according to his 2021 interview.
- **2020** — Joined Marcin Wyszyński as Spacelift co-founder, initially responsible for operations.
- **2022** — Public reporting identifies him as Spacelift CEO; selected by Endeavor in September.
- **2023** — Helped establish OpenTofu and wrote about its Linux Foundation home.
- **2024** — Published entrepreneurship advice for technical founders on his personal blog.
- **2025** — Announced Spacelift’s $51 million Series C on July 10.
- **2026** — Published an essay on governing AI-generated infrastructure; Spacelift’s history records Flows launching in June.

## Achievements

- Co-founded FitPass and completed its sale to Groupe Up.
- Co-founded Spacelift and became its CEO.
- Selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur in September 2022; identified by conference biographies as the first from Poland.
- Founding participant in OpenTofu.
- Led Spacelift when it announced a $51 million Series C in July 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Spacelift’s own careers timeline records the launch of Flows.
- **2026-05** — Published an essay in DevOps.com on governing AI-generated infrastructure.
- **2025-11** — Spacelift’s own careers timeline records the launch of Intent.
- **2025-07** — Announced a $51 million Series C led by Five Elms Capital.
- **2025-06** — Appeared on the PlatformCon program with a session on speed and control in DevOps.

## Links

- Website: https://pawelhytry.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hytry/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22