Gopuff
Gopuff is an instant delivery service for household essentials, groceries and snacks that operates micro-fulfillment centers across the U.S. and U.K. The company has raised $3.7 billion and employs 3,741 people.
The growth story
Gopuff grew from 3,238 to 3,741 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $3.7B along the way, most recently a Series Unknown in November 2025.
About
Gopuff delivers 5,000 products from local warehouses to customers' doors in as fast as 15 minutes. The company focuses on essentials like groceries, medications and snacks, competing on speed and affordability through its network of micro-fulfillment centers.
With $3.7 billion in funding, Gopuff has scaled rapidly since its 2013 founding. The company now employs 3,741 people, though its recent headcount growth rate is unclear.
Founders and leadership
Gopuff is led by co-CEOs Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola, who founded the company in 2013. Operations is the largest function, with 112 employees dedicated to running the micro-fulfillment centers and delivery network.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 2,359 (+4% YoY), Sales 213 (+7% YoY), Customer Success and Support 165 (+11% YoY), Information Technology 149 (-4% YoY), Engineering 90 (-8% YoY), Marketing 61 (-15% YoY).
Talent flow
Gopuff hires heavily from Amazon, TripAdvisor and Target, with 36, 17 and 15 hires respectively. Its alumni most often move to Amazon, DoorDash and Meta, with 21, 9 and 7 departures to those companies.
Most common previous employers of Gopuff staff: Amazon.com (36), TripAdvisor (17), Target (15), Dija (14), Beverages & More (12), Starbucks Coffee Company (12). Former Gopuff employees most often moved to Amazon.com (21), DoorDash (9), Renuity (7), Meta (7), Capital One (7), Salesforce (6).
Alumni worth knowing
The Gopuff mafia
71 Gopuff alumni have founded companies, including Dandy (1,990 employees), Advertising Specialty Institute (1,778 employees) and Skyscanner (1,699 employees).
73Toni Oloko, was Special Projects until 2019Ashish Mittal, was Director of Strategic Partnerships until 2022Bryan Batista, was SVP Retail (US + International) until 2023Michael Hester, was GM, GoPuff (Stores, Innovation, Transformation and Integration) until 2021Benjamin Allen, was Business Expansion & Strategy @ Gopuff Kitchens until 2022James Gallagher, was Director, Business Expansion & Strategy @ Gopuff Kitchen until 2022
David Alonso Martinez, was Senior Director of Growth until 2024
Nic De Angelis - PsyD, CFI, was Sr. Director of Launch & Operations until 2022Ben Sharf, was Business Development until 2022
Phil Mikhaylov, was Director, Strategic Partnerships until 2022
Alex Ootes, was Vice President Category Management & Product until 2022
Duncan Gilchrist, was Vice President - Data Science & Engineering until 2023
Ben Zifkin, was Vice President, Market Operations until 2022
Eyal Samuel Shachar, was North-East Regional Manager at gopuff until 2020
Santi Ureta, was Lead Product Manager until 2022
Eric Mann, was Growth Creative Strategy Manager until 2021
Suchintan Singh, was Engineering Manager, Search & ML Infrastructure until 2022
Scott Hillyer, was VP of Operations until 2019
Joe Schlichter, was Regional Manager until 2021
Borja Díaz-Roig, was Manager - User Experience (UX) until 2022
Cyrus Jia, was Engineering Lead until 2023
Nate Packer, was Global Leader - Loyalty Programs until 2024
Richard Gozlan, was Head, FR Operations until 2023
Nicola Cooper, was Senior Marketing Manager until 2022
Alex Saich, was Lead Product Manager, Data & AI until 2024
Jake Levin, was Head Of Marketing & 1st Employee until 2017
Boran Cakir, was Head of Operations until 2023
Jen Maher, was National Field Marketing Manager until 2021
Luigi Charles, was Software Engineer until 2022
Pranay Manghnani, was Brand Ambassador until 2021
James Burke, was Manager, Business Analytics until 2022
Uday Arora, was Head of Analytics & Planning until 2022
Alexander David Mandl, was EU Expansion - Category Management until 2022
Yusuf Saban, was VP Revenue, UK until 2025
Komal Kashiramka Bhandari, was GM, Advertising Tech, Customer Growth & Engagement / Sr Director of Engineering until 2023
Pierre-Louis VOUTEAU, was EU Category & Marketing Solution Group Manager until 2023
Sharad Sundaresan, was Senior Vice President, Product (CPO) until 2023
Michael Drootin, was Principal Product Manager until 2022
Pete Lawson, was Global Head of Talent Acquisition & People Operations until 2023
Resat Ozutok, was Senior Director of Revenue until 2025
John Rabiner, was Director of Supply Chain Strategy & Planning until 2022
Kola Grey, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022
Odera A. Akachukwu, was Regional Manager until 2022
Benjamin Rank, was Senior Director (RGM), Operations Strategy until 2022
Brandon Carter, was Campus Ambassador until 2019
Oluwaseun Omotayo, was Product Manager until 2024
Mohamed ElBahrawy, was Senior Software Engineer until 2020
Mike Raspatello, was Director of Advertising Operations & Enablement until 2023
Fernando M., was Driver until 2025
Ivo Maciel, was Head of Operations Excellence and Learning & Development EU until 2023
Luke Hextall, was Head of People Operations - EU until 2022
Blue Bookhard, was Product Marketing Manager II until 2022
David Tavernor, was European Category Manager - Bakery and Dairy until 2022
Leor Reef, was Director, Corporate Affairs until 2024
Georgia Wright, was Head of Revenue Operations until 2025
Tiffany Gibbs Jackson, MBA, was Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner until 2024
Baris Nurlu, was Manager, EU Inventory and Range Planning, Fresh & Frozen Category until 2022
Serena Uras, was MFC Site leader (General Manager) until 2023
Cleo Pontone, was Social Media Microinfluencer until 2021
Adam Ware, was Sr. Finance Director until 2024
Olivia Ruiz, was Senior Technical Recruiter until 2022
Robert Staton, was Regional Operations Manager until 2024
Yoram Golandsky, was VP, Head of Cyber Security (CISO) until 2024
Mike Harp, was Head of Brand & Agency Partnerships (Moved to Advisor: April-July 2022) until 2022
Joel Newbert, was (acquired rideOS) Chief of Staff - Product & Growth until 2022
Sarah Ziegenfuss, was Talent Acquisition, Early Career Programs until 2022
Anubhav Giri, was Operations Associate until 2022
Jeremy Runge, was VP Retail until 2024Hiring now
Gopuff is actively hiring across multiple roles, with open positions listed on its careers page.
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 43% direct, 30% search, 12% social, 5% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Gopuff: Customer Service (900), Communication (624), Microsoft Office (522), Leadership (477), Microsoft Excel (429), Sales (415), Teamwork (399), Problem Solving (394).
Where the team actually sits
Gopuff people are concentrated in Pennsylvania, United States (78), England, United Kingdom (56), Florida, United States (35), California, United States (34).
Search footprint
Gopuff attracts about 450,400 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1M a month if bought through ads. It gained 79,559 ranking keywords and lost 62,945 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 2.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 2.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Gopuff has 3,741 employees as of September 2026.
Gopuff has raised $3.7B in total, most recently a Series Unknown round in November 2025.
Gopuff was founded in 2013 by Yakir Gola, Pulin S., Rafael Ilishayev, JD Methfessel.
The most common previous employers of current Gopuff staff are Amazon.com (36 people), TripAdvisor (17 people), Target (15 people).
Former Gopuff employees most often move to Amazon.com (21), DoorDash (9), Renuity (7).
At least 71 companies have a founder who previously worked at Gopuff, including Dandy, Advertising Specialty Institute, Skyscanner.
Gopuff attracts about 450,400 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1M a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Gopuff staff are Customer Service, Communication, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Microsoft Excel.
Gopuff staff are concentrated in Pennsylvania, United States (78), England, United Kingdom (56), Florida, United States (35).
Gopuff has about 2,359 people in Operations, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Gopuff has about 213 people in Sales, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 581 current and 961 former Gopuff profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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