About Braze | Our Company, History, Leadership Team
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https://www.braze.com/company

Be Absolutely Engaging.

We’re the leading customer engagement platform that’s passionate about helping brands forge lasting connections through engaging customer experiences.

Forged from a unique series of events, Braze CEO Bill Magnuson and CTO Jon Hyman participated in a 2011 hackathon that led to a chance meeting with their third cofounder, Mark Ghermezian. They founded Braze (formerly Appboy) with the deeply held belief that the broad adoption of mobile would drive tremendous change in business and society—and it has. They developed an engagement platform to help the world’s best companies grow by trusting us with their most valuable asset: their customer relationships.

After years of exponential growth and becoming a category-defining leader in customer engagement, Braze became a publicly traded company in November 2021 (Nasdaq: BRZE). In 2023, the company passed $500M in CARR and became a leader in Forrester Wave, Gartner Magic Quadrant, and IDC MarketScapes for cross-channel marketing. Today, Braze helps more than 2,000 of the world’s leading global brands across more than 70 countries to Be Absolutely Engaging.™

The new standard in
customer engagement.

We're committed to setting the bar high in customer engagement—through product, performance, strategic customer support, and thought leadership.

Messages and Other Canvas Actions in 2024

Monthly active users as of October 2025

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Offices with 2,000 employees across 5 continents

Global brands empowered by Braze to Be Absolutely Engaging.™

At Braze, we know we have an opportunity to shape the future—to create a more equitable world, and a healthier planet for all. Our Social Impact team aims to amplify employee passions, invest in our communities, and accelerate science-based climate solutions.

Get to know the people who are helping to shape the craft of customer engagement and leading the way at Braze.