Tobias Lütke
Also known as Tobi Lütke, Tobi Lutke, Tobias Lutke
Co-founder and CEO of Shopify; former Ruby on Rails core team member.
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- Tobias Lütke is a German-Canadian entrepreneur, the co-founder and CEO of Shopify.
- He trained as a programmer in Koblenz, moved to Canada in 2003, and built the e-commerce software for Snowdevil, an online snowboard shop, which became Shopify in 2006.
- He was part of the Ruby on Rails core team and wrote Active Merchant.
- In 2025 he raced in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Key facts
- Born
- 1980, Koblenz, Germany; moved to Canada in 20031
- Training
- Programming apprenticeship at the Carl-Benz-School in Koblenz, after the tenth grade1
- Snowdevil
- Launched the online snowboard shop in 2004 with Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake, on his own Ruby on Rails store software1
- Shopify
- Co-founded it in 2006 and is its CEO; it went public in 20151
- Ruby on Rails
- Core team member; created the Active Merchant library1
- Coinbase
- Joining its board of directors was announced on 31 January 20221
- Honours
- Meritorious Service Cross, 2018; Globe and Mail CEO of the Year, 20141
- Racing
- Drove in the LMP2 class for Era Motorsport in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship1
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