# Silvio Kutić

> Silvio Kutić is the Croatian engineer who co-founded Infobip with Izabel Jelenić in 2006 and remains its CEO. Based in Vodnjan, he helped build a bootstrapped messaging business into a global cloud communications platform, alongside Jelenić and his brother Roberto. His public interviews emphasize learning through failed projects, collaborative teams, customer contact and investment in local talent.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Infobip
- **Organizations:** Infobip
- **From:** Vodnjan, Croatia
- **Nationality:** Croatian
- **Education:** Master of Science, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Infobip, Croatia’s first unicorn., Helped bootstrap Infobip from its 2006 start to $1 billion in revenue over fourteen years, according to the company’s biography., Joint recipient of Croatia’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 award.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2003** — Worked on early local communication projects, including a virtual municipality and My Net; an early Infobip version appeared in 2003.
- **2002** — Left an engineering job at the state-owned power company in Zagreb after four hours and returned to Vodnjan, according to his 2020 interview.
- **2006** — Founded Infobip with Izabel Jelenić; the company was registered on 13 April.
- **2009** — His brother Roberto joined the founding team.
- **2018** — Won Croatia’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award with Roberto Kutić and Izabel Jelenić.
- **2020** — Infobip raised $200 million from One Equity Partners in its first external funding round and became Croatia’s first unicorn.
- **2025** — Spoke at Bug Future Show about the company’s development and his connections with employees.
- **2026** — Marked Infobip’s twentieth anniversary and discussed the company’s shift toward AI and agentic communications.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Infobip, Croatia’s first unicorn.
- Helped bootstrap Infobip from its 2006 start to $1 billion in revenue over fourteen years, according to the company’s biography.
- Joint recipient of Croatia’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 award.
- Led a company reporting more than 70 offices and more than 3,500 professionals in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Infobip celebrated its twentieth anniversary at Infobip Vision in Istria, hosting more than 200 guests from 39 countries; Kutić reflected on its early attempts and its purpose.
- **2026-08** — In a Frost & Sullivan interview, discussed AI-first operations, AgentOS, employee development and trusted digital communications.
- **2026-02** — Contributed to Infobip’s twentieth-anniversary reflection on repeated reinvention and agent-to-agent communications.

## Links

- Website: https://www.infobip.com/silvio-kutic-infobip-ceo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvio-kutic-ab2b829

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Last updated: 2026-10-14