Personio
Personio sells HR software for mid-sized companies, automating core HR, talent, and payroll processes. It serves over 16,000 customers managing more than 1 million employees globally and has raised $724M in funding.
The growth story
Personio grew from 839 to 2,283 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $724M along the way, most recently a Series E in June 2022.
About
Personio provides an HR platform that integrates core HR, talent management, and payroll functions, primarily targeting companies with 200 to 5,000 employees. The software automates manual tasks and supports complex workflows for multi-entity organizations.
The company has grown to 2,283 employees and raised $724M in funding, including a Series E round in June 2022. Its customer base spans various industries, focusing on mid-sized global companies.
Founders and leadership
Personio's largest function is Sales, with 150 employees. The company is led by founders and executives with backgrounds in technology and HR software, supported by investors like Accel and Altimeter Capital.
The Personio org chart
Hanno Renner (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 54 mapped leaders with 8 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 777 (+55% YoY), Sales 287 (-22% YoY), Information Technology 204 (+22% YoY), Customer Success and Support 161 (+26% YoY), Human Resources 125 (-5% YoY), Operations 93 (+1% YoY).
Talent flow
Personio hires extensively from Salesforce, BMW, and Accenture. Alumni often move to HubSpot, Salesforce, and Google, indicating a strong talent pipeline in tech and sales roles.
Most common previous employers of Personio staff: Salesforce (29), LinkedIn (22), BMW (20), Accenture (18), Google (18), Amazon (14). Former Personio employees most often moved to HubSpot (15), Salesforce (13), Google (11), LinkedIn (10), Datadog (8), monday.com (7).
Alumni worth knowing
The Personio mafia
Personio alumni have founded 33 companies, including StashAway (204 staff) and Alasco (129 staff), showcasing entrepreneurial activity among former employees.
33Nino Ulsamer, was Member of the Advisory Board until 2017Benjamin Guenther, was Board Member until 2020Sebastian Pinkas, was Head of BI until 2018Shovan Samuel, was Head of Website until 2022Jon Ander Carcedo, was SaaS & HR Consultant - Mid-Market Account Executive until 2022Rupert Wood, was Lead Product Designer | Payroll until 2024
Felix Wolf, was Customer Success / Growth until 2017
Sebastian Schuon, was Board Member until 2020
Maximilian Karpf, was Head Of Sales until 2017
Johannes Hillebrandt, was Account Executive | Large Business until 2022
Rafael Roman, was Principal Engineer until 2025
Tiina Lappalainen, was Member of the customer advisory board until 2023
Saad Bin Tariq, was External Strategy Consultant until 2018
Ludwig Pöllmann, was Working Student Human Ressources until 2020
Javier Vinué Martínez, was Sales Development Representative until 2024
Aki Hertlein, was Event Manager (Freelancer) until 2020
Jaakko Nurkka, was Product Development Consultant until 2016
Elena Segura Sordo, was Product Manager HR/Payroll platforms until 2019
Sofia Jimenez Valls, was Senior Customer Success Manager (Payroll Implementation Lead) until 2019
Yasaman Rajaee, was Product Manager until 2020
Achim Aziz, was Customer Solutions Manager until 2021
Daniel Quiroga, was Strategic Finance until 2020
Aarón Cogolludo, was Tech Partnerships Lead, Southern Europe until 2024
Brian Colivet, was CEO Office@Personio until 2024
Franziska Rduch, was Senior Enablement Manager | GTM Strategy & Ops until 2025
Pauline Delepaut, was UX Researcher until 2023
George Lees., was Building the People, Legal & Finance teams across Europe (via Rework) until 2023
Scott Sampson, was Country Manager, GM until 2025
Norayr Yesayan, was Senior Product Designer until 2024
Felix Schmitz, was Senior Account Executive II | Midmarket until 2025
Karan Paul, was Account Executive until 2021
Michele Daoud, was RevOps leader - Global Programs until 2025
Vittoria Filippi, was Technical Talent Acquisition Manager until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 72% direct, 5% search, 10% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Personio: Project Management (533), Microsoft Office (511), Teamwork (430), Communication (398), Microsoft Excel (389), English (356), SQL (331), Leadership (327).
Where the team actually sits
Personio people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (152), Berlin, Germany (62), England, United Kingdom (40), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (39). 7 offices on record.
Search footprint
Personio attracts about 37,960 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $388K a month if bought through ads. It gained 11,491 ranking keywords and lost 10,847 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Personio has 2,283 employees as of September 2026.
Personio has raised $724M in total, most recently a Series E round in June 2022.
Personio was founded in 2015 by Hanno Renner, Jonas Rieke, Ignaz Forstmeier, Roman Schumacher.
Hanno Renner (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Personio's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Personio staff are Salesforce (29 people), LinkedIn (22 people), BMW (20 people).
Former Personio employees most often move to HubSpot (15), Salesforce (13), Google (11).
At least 33 companies have a founder who previously worked at Personio, including StashAway, Alasco, VoiceLine.
Personio attracts about 37,960 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $388K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Personio staff are Project Management, Microsoft Office, Teamwork, Communication, Microsoft Excel.
Personio staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (152), Berlin, Germany (62), England, United Kingdom (40).
Personio has about 777 people in Engineering, up 55% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Personio has about 287 people in Sales, down 22% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 581 current and 806 former Personio profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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