# Volodymyr Pigrukh

> Volodymyr ‘Vol’ Pigrukh is the co-founder and former CEO of Profitero, the ecommerce analytics company founded in Dublin in 2010 and acquired by Publicis in 2022. After commercial roles at Microsoft, Accenture and Google, he helped grow Profitero internationally. He is now founder and CEO of DataHive, which supplies datasets for AI, and lists Portugal as his location.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at DataHive
- **Organizations:** DataHive, Profitero (now Profitero+), Google, Microsoft, Accenture
- **Nationality:** Irish; Ukrainian-born
- **Education:** MSc, International Business, Technological University Dublin, BSc, Computer Science
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Profitero through international expansion., Led Profitero when the company won IBM’s Global Entrepreneur of the Year competition in 2012., Helped secure Profitero’s $8 million Polaris Partners investment in 2014.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Ran a mobile-phone business and worked in commercial roles at Microsoft, Accenture and Google.
- **2010** — Co-founded Profitero in Dublin with Dmitry Vysotski and Kanstantsin Chernysh.
- **2012** — Profitero won IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year at the SmartCamp Global Finals.
- **2014** — Profitero raised $8 million from Polaris Partners to support expansion.
- **2018** — Spoke at Dogpatch Labs about how a founder’s role changes as a company grows.
- **2020** — Profitero announced Bryan Wiener as CEO in April, succeeding Pigrukh.
- **2022** — Publicis announced its acquisition of Profitero in May, under CEO Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter.
- **2025** — Appeared on the Aforja Podcast discussing Profitero and his new venture, DataHive; DataHive announced a $3.5 million seed round.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Profitero through international expansion.
- Led Profitero when the company won IBM’s Global Entrepreneur of the Year competition in 2012.
- Helped secure Profitero’s $8 million Polaris Partners investment in 2014.
- Co-founded DataHive, which announced a $3.5 million seed round in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Featured in an Aforja Podcast conversation covering his career, Profitero and DataHive.
- **2025-08** — DataHive announced a $3.5 million seed round led by 6th Man Ventures, with participation from Solana Ventures and others.
- **2026-10** — As checked in October 2026, his public LinkedIn profile identifies him as DataHive founder and CEO and promotes Hive Calls, an Android app for collecting consenting participants’ natural conversations for voice AI datasets.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/volpigrukh/

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