Elementor
Elementor is a WordPress website builder used to create 21 million sites, representing 13% of all websites. The company has raised $65M in funding and employs 471 people.
The growth story
Elementor grew from 234 to 471 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $65M along the way, most recently a Series B in June 2021.
About
Elementor sells tools for building and managing WordPress websites. Its software is used by professional web developers, agencies, and businesses to create and optimize sites.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2016 founding, reaching over 21 million websites built. Its Series B funding round in 2021 brought total investment to $65M. Elementor claims a new site is built using its platform every 2.7 seconds.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Elementor's largest function with 71 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years across its 471-person workforce.
The Elementor org chart
Yoni Luksenberg (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 20 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 112 (-10% YoY), Arts and Design 56 (+12% YoY), Information Technology 55 (-13% YoY), Business Development 27 (+8% YoY), Media and Communication 24 (-8% YoY), Marketing 24 (-20% YoY).
Talent flow
Elementor recruits heavily from Israeli military and tech backgrounds, with the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Air Force being top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to other Israeli tech companies like Atera, monday.com, and Wix.
Most common previous employers of Elementor staff: Israel Defense Forces (28), Israeli Air Force (11), Wix (10), Cellebrite (6), 888holdings (5), Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 (5). Former Elementor employees most often moved to Atera (5), monday.com (4), Wix (4), Payoneer (3), Wiz (3), NEIGH (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Elementor mafia
Elementor alumni have founded 5 companies, including Stream Readers, Swift Commerce, and BeSeenByAI. These startups employ a combined 7 people.
6Sebastian Gonzalez Lonzieme, was WordPress Customer Technical Support until 2018Mansoor Ahmad, was Subject Matter Expert until 2023Avinash R Mugali, was Director - Global Customer Experience Operations until 2022Ben Pines, was Growth Lead until 2025Andre Guelmann, was SEO Team Leader & Product Advisor until 2021Rinat Bazak, was Incidents and Problems Manager until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 35% direct, 37% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Elementor: WordPress (131), JavaScript (115), Web Development (110), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (105), Microsoft Office (104), SQL (96), HTML (95), Management (93).
Where the team actually sits
Elementor people are concentrated in Israel (91), Tel Aviv District, Israel (87), Center District, Israel (17), Jerusalem District, Israel (5).
Search footprint
Elementor attracts about 240,500 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2M a month if bought through ads. It gained 44,213 ranking keywords and lost 39,513 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Elementor has 471 employees as of September 2026.
Elementor has raised $65M in total, most recently a Series B round in June 2021.
Elementor was founded in 2016 by Ariel Klikstein, Yoni Luksenberg, Yakir Sitbon.
Yoni Luksenberg (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Elementor's reporting structure, with 20 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Elementor staff are Israel Defense Forces (28 people), Israeli Air Force (11 people), Wix (10 people).
Former Elementor employees most often move to Atera (5), monday.com (4), Wix (4).
At least 5 companies have a founder who previously worked at Elementor, including Stream Readers, Swift Commerce, RMR Solutions.
Elementor attracts about 240,500 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2M a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Elementor staff are WordPress, JavaScript, Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Microsoft Office.
Elementor staff are concentrated in Israel (91), Tel Aviv District, Israel (87), Center District, Israel (17).
Elementor has about 112 people in Engineering, down 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Elementor has about 56 people in Arts and Design, up 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 246 current and 255 former Elementor profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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