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How WP Engine Reached $100M ARR in Under Seven Years (Interview with Founder Jason Cohen)
Jason Cohen (Founder and CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) of WP Engine) spoke to Nathan Latka on March 23, 2024.
WP Engine figures from the interview
- ARR
- $100M (reached in under 7 years)
- First ARR Milestone
- $1M in first 18 months
- Revenue Growth (2012)
- $1M to $5M in one year
- Websites Hosted
- Millions
- Events Per Day
- Tens of billions
“We got to a 100,000,000 in a little less than seven years, and we hired a CEO, and it was the second best decision I've ever made.”
“We went from 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 in one year.”
“We got to 1,000,000 ARR in our first eighteen months, which is pretty good.”