Preply
Preply operates a global language learning platform connecting students with tutors. The company has raised $320M, reached unicorn status, and connects 100,000 tutors teaching 90+ languages across 180 countries.
About
Preply runs an online marketplace matching language learners with tutors worldwide. Students use the platform to find instructors, create personalized lesson plans, and track progress across multiple languages.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2012 founding, reaching unicorn status after its Series D round. With 700+ employees spanning 60 nationalities, Preply maintains a global presence while continuing to expand its tutor network and language offerings.
Founders and leadership
Preply's largest function is sales, accounting for 26% of analyzed profiles. The company operates with a distributed workforce across multiple international hubs, reflecting its global marketplace model.
The Preply org chart
Kirill Bigai (CEO & co-founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Talent flow
Preply recruits heavily from other gig economy platforms, with Glovo, Upwork, and Fiverr being top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to other marketplace and tech companies like Click Travel, Papaya Global, and Upwork.
Most common previous employers of Preply staff: Glovo (14), Upwork (11), The Big Search (8), Fiverr (7), Booking.com (6), Meta (6). Former Preply employees most often moved to Click Travel (5), Papaya Global (4), Tremendous (4), Upwork (4), Revolut (3), Amazon.com (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Preply mafia
Preply alumni have founded 52 companies, including Mate Academy (749 staff), Mathema.me (50 staff), and Claspo (25 staff), primarily in the education and AI sectors.
52Roman Apostol, was Product owner / Co-founder until 2013Pavlo Pedenko, was Growth Product Manager until 2021Valentin Honcharov, was Product manager (Retention team) until 2018Mike Yezhov, was Country Manager until 2017Evelina Shubaeva, was Spanish Teacher until 2024Vlad Solomakha, was Lead Product Designer until 2021
Muhammad Ajlal Bawani, was Computer Science Tutor until 2022
Andreas Buss, was Deutschlehrer until 2023
Massimiliano De Stefani, was Supply Growth Manager until 2022
Tuba Kodak Onder, was Turkish Language Teacher until 2022
Abel Martínez, was Speech and Public Speaking Coach until 2023
Nurjesa Shehadeh, was English Online Teacher until 2022
Nish (Nijansh) Kothari, was Spanish Tutor until 2024
Tina Nayak, was Product Marketing & User Acquisition (Growth) - Consultant until 2018
Hyein Yoon, was Korean Tutor & Digital Marketing Strategist until 2022
Seth DeHart, was Advisor until 2022
Ignacio Chavarria, was Global Performance Marketing Analytics Lead until 2024
Juliet Isatola, was Teacher until 2024
Abhinav Srivastav, PhD, was Senior Data Scientist until 2025
Julia T., was ESL Curriculum developer for online learning until 2021
Modern Global Icon Abhishek Jha, was Global Communication Specialist until 2026
Vince Mastwijk, was Advisor - Commercial Development until 2021
Vital Rozhevski, was Product Manager until 2021
Ngozi Kolapo, was UI/UX Design tutor until 2025
Matthew Oldham, was Product Mangement until 2022
Jonathan Bara, was Link Building Management for EU and US Markets until 2023
Jessica Rasheed, was Director of B2B Global Business Development & SMB Inside Sales until 2023
Oxana Lapuzina, was Employee Experience Lead (Senior HRBP) until 2022
Nurfitri Anbarsanti, was Academic Tutor until 2022
Muhammad Shayan Khan Babar, was Online Tutor until 2025
Géna HDIDER, was Private Tutor until 2025
Elias Kalinovski, was Outreach Specialist / Customer Support Specialist until 2018
Daraima Bassey N., was English Second Language Tutor until 2024
Julian Summers, was Business English & Communication Coach until 2026
Melany Di Leva, was Spanish teacher until 2021
Estanislao Gamero Salas, was Spanish Teacher until 2025
Momina Khabir, was Tutor until 2025
Ignacio Nicolás Rodríguez, was C++ Programming Language Tutor until 2022
Adegbile Funmilayo, was Customer Support Specialist until 2025
KASHIF RIAZ, was Arabic Teacher until 2025
Mia Kercher, was English Second Language Teacher until 2020
Muhammad Safiullah, was Teacher until 2023
Josy Caycho Caro, was English, Psychology and Spanish Teacher until 2025
Sergii Gudkov, was Product Manager until 2022
Eleanor Rachelle, was English Second Language Tutor until 2026
Subin Park, was Korean Language Teacher until 2026
Nicole Fiumara, was Fashion Instructor until 2024
Katharina Reissenweber, was Operations Specialist until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 59% direct, 22% search, 7% social, 3% paid.
Where the team actually sits
Preply people are concentrated in Catalonia, Spain (81), Spain (26), Punjab, Pakistan (24), England, United Kingdom (22). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Preply attracts about 882,400 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1M a month if bought through ads. It gained 126,604 ranking keywords and lost 98,060 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.90 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
Preply has raised $320M in total, most recently a Series D round in January 2026.
Preply was founded in 2012 by Kirill Bigai, Dmytro Voloshyn.
Kirill Bigai (CEO & co-founder) sits at the top of Preply's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Preply staff are Glovo (14 people), Upwork (11 people), The Big Search (8 people).
Former Preply employees most often move to Click Travel (5), Papaya Global (4), Tremendous (4).
At least 52 companies have a founder who previously worked at Preply, including Mate academy, Mathema.me, Claspo.
Preply attracts about 882,400 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1M a month in equivalent ad spend.
Preply staff are concentrated in Catalonia, Spain (81), Spain (26), Punjab, Pakistan (24).
Computed from 580 current and 902 former Preply profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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