Gusto
Gusto provides payroll, HR, benefits and compliance software to over 500,000 small businesses. The company has raised $746 million and employs over 10,000 people.
The growth story
Gusto grew from 2,600 to 10,363 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $746M along the way, most recently a Series Unknown in July 2025.
About
Gusto sells cloud-based software that helps small businesses manage payroll, HR, benefits and compliance. Its tools aim to simplify administrative tasks for companies that may lack dedicated HR staff.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2011 founding, now serving over half a million businesses. With $746 million in funding and a workforce exceeding 10,000, Gusto has become a major player in small business software.
Founders and leadership
Sales is Gusto's largest function, with 87 employees in that department. The company's leadership team spans engineering, product and operations roles. With over 10,000 employees, Gusto has built a substantial organization to support its growing customer base.
The Gusto org chart
Josh R. (Co-Founder & Head of Gusto (CEO). Building Gusto for the Long Term.) leads 60 mapped leaders with 22 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 888 (+27% YoY), Sales 588 (+19% YoY), Operations 509 (+15% YoY), Human Resources 453 (+8% YoY), Customer Success and Support 313 (+29% YoY), Information Technology 164 (-4% YoY).
Talent flow
Gusto recruits heavily from other HR and fintech companies, with Guideline, Amazon and Shopify being top sources. Its alumni often move to competitors like Rippling and Stripe, as well as tech giants Google and Meta. The company draws from top universities like UC Berkeley and Stanford.
Most common previous employers of Gusto staff: Guideline (27), Amazon.com (24), Shopify (19), Square (18), Intuit (18), Google (16). Former Gusto employees most often moved to Rippling (19), Stripe (11), Lovable (8), Google (7), Mercury (7), Meta (6).
Alumni worth knowing
The Gusto mafia
Gusto alumni have founded 67 companies, including Climatebase, Pushpay and CaptivateIQ. These startups span industries from climate tech to insurance, with several employing over 200 people.
70Justin Hardin, was Software Engineer until 2020Kenny Wyatt, was Chief Sales Officer until 2020Conway Teng, was Finance & Business Operations until 2017Tolithia Kornweibel, was CRO until 2024Weixiong (Max) Zheng, was Software Engineering until 2021
Martin Pannier, was Group Product Manager until 2017
Jaleh Rezaei, was Head of Marketing & BD until 2017
Adam Treboutat, was Growth Marketing Lead until 2021
J. Nick Paloukos, was Leading the Benefits Advising Teams until 2019
Reza Rahman, was Growth Strategy & Operations until 2017
Akhil Naini, was Software Engineering until 2017
Anu Hariharan, was Board Observer until 2023
Rasagya Monga, was Finance Strategy & Systems until 2024
Lexi Reese, was Chief Operating Officer until 2021
Alex Confer, was Head of IT Engineering until 2023
Marshall Darr, was Head of Lifecycle Marketing until 2018
Kaiza Molina, was Customer Marketing Operations until 2020
Sahin Boydas, was Gusto Global Payroll, Distributed Teams, App Ecosystem, Talent Bootcamp until 2024
Craig Kitto, was Revenue Operations & Growth Strategy until 2021
Mike Dinsdale, CFA, was Empowering Gusto's Finance Teams, Chief Financial Officer until 2020
Anny Dow, was Product Manager, Benefits until 2021
Brett Willms, was CMO, Growth until 2015
David Dat Nguyen, was Head of Design until 2016
Abby Grills, was Head of Product, Mid-Market Payroll until 2022
Cody Watters, was Staff Software Engineer IV until 2022
Jason Staats, CPA, was Gusto Partner Advisory Council Member until 2022
Tom Charron, was Head of Product Marketing until 2017
John Monagle, was Insights & Operations until 2018
Saad Shahzad, was Head of Sales until 2016
Topher Reynoso, was Health & Insurance Product Innovation until 2023
Jason Kulatunga, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023
Justin Knorr, was Empowering Sales until 2018
Jeff Forkan, was Fintech Product Partnerships until 2025
Ludovico Federici, was Business Analyst until 2022
Roman Zubenko, was Product Manager - Financial Products & Mobile until 2020
Benjamin Paik, was Product Manager - Core Payroll Experiences until 2023
Armando Murga, was Principal Software Engineer Lead, AI Core Platform until 2025
Ketki Duvvuru, was Senior Product Manager until 2019
Annie Jacobsen, was Operations until 2014
Kevin McGlade, was Operations Training Manager until 2018
Jasmine Motupalli, was VP, Customer Experience Leadership until 2023
Mitch Houff, was Business Development and Strategic Partnerships until 2020
Ben Gregory, was Product Management Intern until 2021
Duvall Smith, was Senior Software Engineer until 2025
Madeleine Voge, was Copywriter until 2021
Ceren Düzovalı, was Payment Operations Analyst until 2022
Rafael de Campos, was Senior Salesforce Developer (Contractor with Riveron) until 2025
Seth Crowder, was Senior Manager Customer Experience until 2017
Tara Sandhu, was Risk until 2016
Flavia Ravski Pereira, was VP of Benefits Sales until 2023
Alex Espinosa, was Counsel until 2022
Logan Junger, was VP & Head of Customer Success until 2025
Mai Akiyoshi, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021
Jason Marder, was Lead Designer until 2020
Mike Cheng, was Sales Operations until 2017
Arthur Garcia, was Ambassador until 2022
Katie Evans-Reber, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, was Head of HR until 2018
Eddie Ortiz, was Senior Director of Operations, Broker Onboarding until 2023
Andrew Gates, was Head of Strategic Accounts until 2022
Mike Hsieh, was R&D Tax Credit (Data Science | Analytics | Startup Strategist | Investor) until 2024
Vlad Georgescu, was Head of Design, Benefits until 2020
Zach Arthur, was Customer Care - Seasonal until 2016
Margot Leong, was Customer Marketing and Community Manager until 2015
Ari Lerner, was Engineer until 2013
Branden Foote, was Senior Manager, Customer Success Team until 2021
Daniel Martinez, MBA, was Implementation Team Manager until 2017Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 74% direct, 19% search, 1% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Gusto: Microsoft Excel (3,288), SQL (2,900), Data Analysis (2,411), Agile Methodologies (1,996), Project Management (1,925), Stakeholder Management (1,840), Python (Programming Language) (1,825), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (1,824).
Where the team actually sits
Gusto people are concentrated in California, United States (120), Colorado, United States (76), San Francisco Bay Area (56), New York, United States (47). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Gusto attracts about 284,700 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3M a month if bought through ads. It gained 43,464 ranking keywords and lost 37,619 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Gusto has 10,363 employees as of September 2026.
Gusto has raised $746M in total, most recently a Series Unknown round in July 2025.
Gusto was founded in 2011 by Tomer London, Josh R., Edward Kim.
Josh R. (Co-Founder & Head of Gusto (CEO). Building Gusto for the Long Term.) sits at the top of Gusto's reporting structure, with 22 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Gusto staff are Guideline (27 people), Amazon.com (24 people), Shopify (19 people).
Former Gusto employees most often move to Rippling (19), Stripe (11), Lovable (8).
At least 67 companies have a founder who previously worked at Gusto, including Climatebase, Pushpay, CaptivateIQ.
Gusto attracts about 284,700 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3M a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Gusto staff are Microsoft Excel, SQL, Data Analysis, Agile Methodologies, Project Management.
Gusto staff are concentrated in California, United States (120), Colorado, United States (76), San Francisco Bay Area (56).
Gusto has about 888 people in Engineering, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Gusto has about 588 people in Sales, up 19% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 567 current and 867 former Gusto profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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