# Roy Rubin

> Roy Rubin is the co-founder and former CEO of Magento and a founding partner at R-Squared Ventures with Roy Erez. He developed a student web-services business into an open-source commerce company acquired by eBay in 2011, left its operating leadership in 2014, and later worked with commerce founders as an advisor, board member and investor.

- **Role:** Founding Partner at R-Squared Ventures
- **Organizations:** R-Squared Ventures, Magento, Varien, eBay, Oro
- **Education:** University of California, Los Angeles
- **Known for:** Co-founded Magento with Yoav Kutner., Built a commerce platform supported by a global community of merchants, developers and implementation partners., Led Magento through its acquisition by eBay.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Began the services-business period that preceded Magento.
- **2003-2004** — Focused the services business on osCommerce implementation.
- **2007** — Magento development and public beta.
- **2008** — Magento full release.
- **2011** — eBay completed its acquisition of Magento on August 17.
- **2014** — Left eBay and Magento operating leadership in May, then began a 14-month family trip.
- **2015** — Joined Oro as an advisor.
- **2016** — Returned to Magento as a board member.
- **2018** — Adobe completed its acquisition of Magento in June, after Rubin had left operating leadership.
- **2021** — Co-founded R-Squared Ventures with Roy Erez.
- **2026** — Discussed customer-funded growth, AI and enterprise software on Very True.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Magento with Yoav Kutner.
- Built a commerce platform supported by a global community of merchants, developers and implementation partners.
- Led Magento through its acquisition by eBay.
- Co-founded R-Squared Ventures, a fund backed by a network of experienced founders and executives.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Appeared on Very True by Verissimo on May 27 to discuss enterprise software, customer-funded growth, AI and internally built investment software.

## Links

- Website: https://www.r2vc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royrubin/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/royrubin05

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Last updated: 2026-10-23