Ben Uretsky is the cofounder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider.[1]
Early life
editUretsky’s family immigrated to the U.S. from Russia when he was five. He grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and attended Stuyvesant High School.[2][3]
Career
editIn 2003 Uretsky founded his first company ServerStack, a managed hosting provider, with his brother Moisey Uretsky. The company was a precursor to DigitalOcean.[2][4] Prior to starting ServerStack, Uretsky worked for another managed hosting company called Like Whoa.[5][2]
In 2011, Uretsky founded DigitalOcean with his brother and another cofounder, Mitch Wainer.[6] In 2012, Uretsky and the other cofounders graduated from the Techstars incubator program in Boulder, Colorado.[7][8] They launched the first version of DigitalOcean’s product the same year.[9]
In June 2018, Uretsky stepped down as CEO of DigitalOcean and was succeeded by former Citrix CEO Mark Templeton. He remained on the company’s board.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Novet, Jordan (2018-06-20). "DigitalOcean new CEO: Former Citrix chief Mark Templeton". www.cnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ a b c Metz, Cade (2015-05-06). "Amazon Isn't the Only One Killing It With Cloud Computing". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Cremades, Alejandro (2019-04-11). "From Humble Beginnings, These Two Russian Brothers Built A Billion Dollar Business In America". Forbes.
- ^ "An interview with Ben Uretsky and Julia Austin, CEO and CTO of DigitalOcean – Increment: Cloud". increment.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Reich, Dan. "Startup CEO: Ben Uretsky on Launching Digital Ocean, Raising Money And Joining TechStars". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Hamilton, David (6 September 2013). "DigitalOcean: The Startup that's Shaking Up Web Hosting". The Whir. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Templeton, Mark (21 June 2018). "DigitalOcean taps Citrix Systems vet to be new CEO". www.bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Digital Ocean's Journey From TechStars Reject To Cloud-Hosting Darling". TechCrunch. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ Chernova, Yuliya (2014-03-07). "Before Meeting Andreessen Horowitz, DigitalOcean Met Lots of Blank Stares". WSJ. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
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