Shopify
Also known as Shopify Inc.
Canadian e-commerce company: online stores, checkout and point of sale for millions of merchants.
At a glance
People
Tobias Lütke (CEO) and Harley Finkelstein (President)
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- Shopify is an e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake out of the software Lütke wrote for their online snowboard shop, Snowdevil.
- It runs online stores, checkout and point-of-sale systems for more than five million customers, from startups to brands such as Tesla and LVMH.
- It went public in 2015.
Why it matters
- Much of independent online retail runs on it, and its CEO is a well-known voice on building software companies.
Key facts
- Founded
- 20061
- Founders
- Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake1
- Headquarters
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada1
- Public
- Since 20152
- Listed
- Toronto Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, ticker SHOP1
- Scale
- Over five million customers; $292.3 billion in transactions in 2024, 57% of it in the United States1
- Employees
- 7,600 (2025)1
People
Led by
- Tobias LütkePerson
CEO 1
- Harley Finkelstein
President 1
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