Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple is a Canadian financial services company with 2,551 employees. It has raised $1.4 billion in funding, most recently in a Series E round.
The growth story
Wealthsimple grew from 1,034 to 2,551 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $1.4B along the way, most recently a Series E in October 2025.
About
Wealthsimple provides financial services, primarily targeting consumers who want an alternative to traditional banks. Its platform offers various financial products and tools, though specific offerings are not detailed in the description.
The company has grown significantly since its founding in 2014, reaching a headcount of 2,551. Its $1.4 billion in funding includes backing from notable investors like Alkeon Capital, Allianz X, and DST Global.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Wealthsimple's largest function, with 98 employees. The company is led by a team that includes prominent investors like Aubrey Graham (Drake) and CPP Investments.
The Wealthsimple org chart
Michael Katchen (Co-founder & CEO) leads 56 mapped leaders with 12 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 759 (+61% YoY), Finance 388 (+37% YoY), Operations 163 (+23% YoY), Marketing 154 (+64% YoY), Information Technology 121 (+53% YoY), Customer Success and Support 120 (+74% YoY).
Talent flow
Wealthsimple hires heavily from Shopify, TD Securities, and RBC, with 59, 32, and 25 hires respectively. Alumni often move to companies like Shopify, Meta, and Microsoft.
Most common previous employers of Wealthsimple staff: Shopify (59), TD Securities (32), RBC (25), Scotiabank (23), Capital One (20), Deloitte (19). Former Wealthsimple employees most often moved to Shopify (9), Meta (7), Relay (6), Microsoft (6), Amazon.com (6), Stripe (6).
Alumni worth knowing
The Wealthsimple mafia
Wealthsimple alumni have founded 42 companies, including Boardy (1,131 staff), Vapi (132 staff), and Feria (127 staff).
42Andrew D'Souza, was Advisor until 2015Ina Browning, was Business Operations until 2019Bhavik Vyas, was Associate Relationship Manager until 2018Avi Weiss, was Director, Legal until 2020Ajay Mehta, was Director, Wealthsimple International until 2019
Aditya Mhatre, was Strategic Advisor until 2023
Chris Arthur - CIM® CFP® CLU® FCSI®, was Head Of Portfolio Management until 2020
Gev Marotz, was Director Of Product Design until 2019
Juan Palomares, was Business Development Executive Contractor until 2020
Nora Jenkins Townson, was Director of People Operations until 2017
Benjamin Chelin, was Digital Marketing Coordinator until 2022
Kyle Klein CPP, ABCP, was Head of Physical Security until 2025
Zihao Jiang, was Legal Associate until 2020
Andrew Goble, was Editorial Producer until 2018
Vivian Lee, was Director of Marketing until 2019
Tyler Ackerman, was Software Engineer II until 2023
Priom Mahbub, was Senior Recruiter until 2020
Anton S., was Software Engineer until 2023
Andrew Chalmers, was Software Developer until 2013
Shan Srikanthan, was Associate Relationship Manager until 2017
Anthony Uyende, was Data Scientist until 2023
Luis Saffie, was Senior Director Of Engineering until 2019
Jude Saqer, was Senior Content Designer (Project) until 2022
Amr Adawi, was Software Engineer until 2021
Leah Brighton, was Program Manager & Talent Acquisition until 2018
Sam Talasila, was Head of Large Language Models & Data Products until 2025
Whitney Morrison, CFP®, was Lead Financial Advisor until 2018
Farah Kamal, FCSI, was Director, New Investment Products until 2023
Asaf Segev, was Sr. Director of Product, Unified Experience until 2023
Calder White, was Software Engineer Intern until 2022
Chris Kalamchi, was Growth Product Manager until 2020
Scheherazade Hasan, was Senior Advisor, Associate Portfolio Manager, Wealth Management & Customer Success until 2025
Mallory J Greene, was Head of Corporate Social Responsibility until 2019
Zubayda Al-Sewaidi, was Senior Software Engineer until 2023
Fahd J., was Director of Marketing until 2018
Lillie Sun, was Growth Intern until 2018
Leen Li, CPA, CMA, was CEO, Wealthsimple Foundation until 2025
Michael Edmund Brewer, was Principle Designer (Design Lead) until 2023
Kevin Kachidza, was Independent Contractor (Fraud Ops/Client Protection) until 2022
Dean Garlick, was Senior Data Scientist until 2024
Ibrahim EL SIBAI, was Client Experience Associate until 2021Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 61% direct, 34% search, 1% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Wealthsimple: Customer Service (784), Leadership (768), Communication (745), Teamwork (735), Microsoft Office (722), Microsoft Excel (701), SQL (547), Python (Programming Language) (546).
Where the team actually sits
Wealthsimple people are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (265), Canada (94), Greater Toronto Area, Canada (66), British Columbia, Canada (37). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Wealthsimple attracts about 51,780 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $447K a month if bought through ads. It gained 11,152 ranking keywords and lost 5,827 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Wealthsimple has 2,551 employees as of September 2026.
Wealthsimple has raised $1.4B in total, most recently a Series E round in October 2025.
Wealthsimple was founded in 2014 by Som Seif, Michael Katchen, David Ayres, Anita Howard.
Michael Katchen (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Wealthsimple's reporting structure, with 12 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Wealthsimple staff are Shopify (59 people), TD Securities (32 people), RBC (25 people).
Former Wealthsimple employees most often move to Shopify (9), Meta (7), Relay (6).
At least 42 companies have a founder who previously worked at Wealthsimple, including Boardy, Vapi, Feria.
Wealthsimple attracts about 51,780 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $447K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Wealthsimple staff are Customer Service, Leadership, Communication, Teamwork, Microsoft Office.
Wealthsimple staff are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (265), Canada (94), Greater Toronto Area, Canada (66).
Wealthsimple has about 759 people in Engineering, up 61% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Wealthsimple has about 388 people in Finance, up 37% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 570 current and 737 former Wealthsimple profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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