Celonis
Celonis sells enterprise AI software that analyzes business processes to identify inefficiencies, with 4,451 employees and $2.4B in total funding. It counts thousands of large companies as customers, though exact figures aren't disclosed.
The growth story
Celonis grew from 1,629 to 4,451 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $2.4B along the way, most recently a Series Unknown in November 2025.
About
Celonis provides AI-powered process mining software that helps large enterprises analyze workflows like supply chains and financial operations. Customers use it to pinpoint bottlenecks and automate improvements.
The company has raised $2.4 billion from investors including Accel and 83North, with significant hiring from enterprise software rivals like Oracle (61 hires) and Salesforce (43). Its Munich and New York dual headquarters reflect a global footprint across 20+ offices.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 163 employees, suggesting a focus on enterprise deals. Leadership spans Germany and the US, with median tenure at 2 years indicating moderate turnover.
The Celonis org chart
Alexander Rinke (Co-CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 35 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 1,510 (+35% YoY), Sales 525 (+12% YoY), Information Technology 418 (+58% YoY), Business Development 268 (+10% YoY), Consulting 193 (-37% YoY), Product Management 152 (+30% YoY).
Talent flow
The company recruits heavily from enterprise software vendors, with Oracle, Salesforce and IBM as top sources. Alumni frequently move to other business software firms like Salesforce (20 departures) and SAP (16).
Most common previous employers of Celonis staff: Oracle (61), Salesforce (43), IBM Global Business Services (34), SAP (29), Microsoft (28), Andersen Consulting (26). Former Celonis employees most often moved to Salesforce (20), SAP (16), ServiceNow (11), DDN Storage (10), Databricks (10), Oracle (9).
Alumni worth knowing
The Celonis mafia
67 former employees have founded companies, including process-focused startups like OFI Services (125 staff) and Tamr (112 staff).
71Laurens Dols, was Customer Value Director until 2023Anthony Deighton, was Special Advisor until 2020Alexandre Wentzo, was Senior Vice President ISV, Private Equity, APAC & JAPAN until 2022Julian Borg, was Product & Data until 2018Juergen Kuebler, was Vice President, Industry Value Engineering until 2025
Musa Molla, was Senior Program Manager until 2023
Taulant Abazi, was Site Lead until 2022
Lukas Stranger, was Sales Executive until 2017
Guillaume Aymé, was Head of Products for Sustainability until 2022
Maurice Schweitzer, was Junior Product Manager until 2020
Rick Schneider, was Lead Value Engineer until 2024
Felix Altenberger, was Data Scientist until 2016
Marvin Abdel-Massih, was Product Management until 2019
Josua Vieten, was R&D Coordinator until 2021
Vlad Roytman, was Utilities Account Executive until 2022
Luka Baar, was Business Process Analyst until 2018
Siddarth Sridhar, was Process Mining Consulting (ML + Data) Intern until 2021
Arindam Sengupta, was Sr.Manager - Customer Success until 2023
Caroline Busse, was Junior Business Process Analyst until 2019
Mathis Stolz, was Managing Product Development until 2019
Philipp Wiegand, was Global Strategy & Operations until 2022
Chris Schaap, was Enterprise Account Executive until 2019
Grant Hushek, was Customer Value Architect until 2022
Hans Guntren, was Board of Advisors until 2022
Nicolas Schell, was Business Development until 2019
Marius Fischer, was Intern until 2022
Jeremi Nawawi, was Data Strategy | Student Consultant until 2025
Dionne Atwill, was Global Talent Acquisition Director until 2023
Vincent Delitz, was Software Training Specialist until 2018
Max Kaiser, was Enterprise Account Executive D/A/CH (Pharma, Life Science, Chemicals, Oil & Gas) until 2020
Sava Logvinski, was New Business - Go-To-Market until 2023
Viktor Bukow, was Enterprise Account Executive until 2020
Alexandros Vassiliadis, was Strategic Growth Account Executive until 2020
Chris Balestras, was Enterprise GTM until 2022
Stefan Ross, was EMEA/APAC/LATAM Head Indirect Sales until 2023
Alex Law, was Partner & Alliance Lead UK&I until 2022
Patrick Tu, was Product Development until 2019
Yasaman Rajaee, was Product Development Manager (Coop. w/ CDTM) until 2019
Christoph Großbaier, was Product Lead until 2022
Chris Roth, was Strategic Business Developer until 2020
Christopher Grittner, was Product Manager until 2020
Daniel Grittner, was Software Engineer (Database Development) until 2022
Ben Towers, was Senior Talent Acquisition Partner until 2022
Andreas Fauler ⿻, was Strategic Sales Finance DACH until 2020
Alexander A. Lethen MBA BComms, was Strategic Business Management UK&I until 2022
Giuseppe Gullo, was Senior Director of Services Architecture until 2024
Andrew Anton, was Senior Director, Solution Engineering until 2022
James Gabriel Azar, was Senior Account Executive until 2019
Rolf Siegel, was Senior Customer Success Manager until 2019
Freddy Mercado, was Strategic Partnerships Manager until 2025
Charlotte Lazarovici (née Yasin), was Global Director, Culture and Engagement until 2023
Arnaud Lartigue, was Director Value Engineering until 2025
Benyi Heider, was Global Head of Database Marketing until 2021
Prince Chhirolya, was Lead Ambassador - Academics until 2022
Spyridon Dangas, was Business Development - Project Study until 2021
Eliot Davies, was Senior Talent Acquisition Partner until 2022
Atreya Kamat, was Business Analyst Intern until 2024
Tyler Festa, was Business Development until 2024
Fabio Maglieri, was Account Executive until 2020
Matthias Drebes, was Sales Director, Strategics - Consumer & Logistics until 2025
Anna Prorock, was Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition until 2025
Julia Herman, was Director of Sales Operations Americas until 2020
Victoria Riess, MBA, was Corporate Development Manager, MBA Work Placement in Co-CEO Office until 2021
Tanja Schmoldt, was SaaS Tech Manager | Customer Value until 2022
Trevor Miles, was Senior Vice President, Frictionless Supply Chain until 2020
Magnus Thomsen, was Strategic Account Executive - Denmark/Norway until 2024
Peter Kriparos, was Regional Director, Canadian Strategic Partners and Alliances until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 38% direct, 27% search, 15% social, 3% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Celonis: Project Management (1,203), Microsoft Office (1,094), SQL (1,027), Microsoft Excel (1,014), Leadership (969), Python (Programming Language) (937), Communication (854), Teamwork (834).
Where the team actually sits
Celonis people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (82), Karnataka, India (62), Community of Madrid, Spain (54), New York, United States (35). 10 offices on record.
Search footprint
Celonis attracts about 9,929 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $90K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,754 ranking keywords and lost 1,466 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Celonis has 4,451 employees as of September 2026.
Celonis has raised $2.4B in total, most recently a Series Unknown round in November 2025.
Celonis was founded in 2011 by Bastian Nominacher, Martin Klenk.
Alexander Rinke (Co-CEO) sits at the top of Celonis's reporting structure, with 35 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Celonis staff are Oracle (61 people), Salesforce (43 people), IBM Global Business Services (34 people).
Former Celonis employees most often move to Salesforce (20), SAP (16), ServiceNow (11).
At least 67 companies have a founder who previously worked at Celonis, including OFI Services, Tamr, iGrafx.
Celonis attracts about 9,929 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $90K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Celonis staff are Project Management, Microsoft Office, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Leadership.
Celonis staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (82), Karnataka, India (62), Community of Madrid, Spain (54).
Celonis has about 1,510 people in Engineering, up 35% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Celonis has about 525 people in Sales, up 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 572 current and 854 former Celonis profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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