# Pete DeJoy

> Pete DeJoy is the co-founder and interim CEO of Astronomer, the New York-based data orchestration company built on Apache Airflow. A Bowdoin-trained chemist who spent eight years scaling Astronomer's product from an early commercial offering to a platform trusted by enterprises, he stepped into the CEO seat in July 2025 after a viral concert-video scandal took out his predecessor.

- **Role:** Interim CEO & Co-Founder at Astronomer
- **Organizations:** Astronomer
- **From:** Bronxville, New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Chemistry and Physics, Bowdoin College
- **Known for:** Co-founded Astronomer, now a leading commercial platform for Apache Airflow, Scaled Astronomer's product organization over eight years from early-stage to enterprise, Led product through the launch of Astro Observe, the company's data pipeline observability suite

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Co-founds Astronomer alongside Andy Byron and others
- **2023** — Named Vice President of Product at Astronomer
- **2025-02** — Promoted to Chief Product Officer
- **2025-05** — Astronomer closes Series D round of ~$93M, totaling $378M raised
- **2025-07** — Appointed Interim CEO of Astronomer following the resignation of Andy Byron

## Achievements

- Co-founded Astronomer, now a leading commercial platform for Apache Airflow
- Scaled Astronomer's product organization over eight years from early-stage to enterprise
- Led product through the launch of Astro Observe, the company's data pipeline observability suite
- Guided product strategy alongside the release of Apache Airflow 3
- Named interim CEO of a company that has raised roughly $378 million to date

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Named interim CEO of Astronomer after Andy Byron's resignation
- **2025-07** — Issued a public LinkedIn post titled 'Moving Forward at Astronomer'
- **2025-08** — Appeared on TBPN as CEO and co-founder in his first sit-down interview since the transition

## Links

- Website: https://astronomer.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdejoy58
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/petedejoy

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Last updated: 2026-07-09