# Snejina Zacharia

> Snejina Zacharia is the Bulgarian-born founder and co-CEO of Insurify. After an international technology career including Gartner and an MBA at MIT Sloan, she cofounded the insurance comparison business in 2013 with Giorgos Zacharia and Tod Kiryazov. Her work has focused on carrier partnerships, consumer choice and building a digital insurance agency.

- **Role:** Founder and co-CEO at Insurify
- **Organizations:** Insurify, Gartner
- **Nationality:** Bulgarian-American
- **Education:** MBA, Sloan Fellows program, MIT Sloan School of Management, BA in International Economics, University for National and World Economy, MA in International Economics, University for National and World Economy
- **Known for:** EY New England Entrepreneur of the Year recognition in 2021., Named to Inc.’s 2026 Female Founders 500., Named among the Top 25 Tech CEOs of Boston in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Led sales and marketing at technology startups and developed three multimillion-dollar business lines at Gartner.
- **2013** — Completed MIT Sloan Fellows MBA; cofounded Insurify with Giorgos Zacharia and Tod Kiryazov.
- **2016** — Insurify launched its online comparison engine in January and expanded to all 50 states during the year.
- **2020** — Insurify raised a $23 million Series A and expanded into additional personal insurance categories.
- **2021** — Opened a Sofia engineering hub; Insurify raised a $100 million Series B.
- **2023** — Insurify acquired Compare.com.
- **2025** — Giorgos Zacharia joined operating leadership as co-CEO alongside Snejina.
- **2026** — Insurify expanded conversational AI shopping, reported 250 million auto quotes served and joined the proposed Poppy protocol as a design partner.

## Achievements

- EY New England Entrepreneur of the Year recognition in 2021.
- Named to Inc.’s 2026 Female Founders 500.
- Named among the Top 25 Tech CEOs of Boston in 2024.
- Built Insurify from a 2013 MIT competition idea into a nationwide insurance comparison business.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 9, Insurify announced its participation as an early design partner in the proposed Personal Agent Protocol, Poppy.
- **2026-09** — Insurify announced more than 100,000 distinct Insurify Car policies sold.
- **2026-08** — Insurify expanded its ChatGPT integration with real-time personalized quotes, initially in 11 states.
- **2026-07** — Insurify announced 250 million real-time auto insurance quotes served since launch.
- **2026** — Inc. named Zacharia to its Female Founders 500 list.

## Links

- Website: https://insurify.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snejinazacharia/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/szachar

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Last updated: 2026-10-27