Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress and the founder and, since 2014, the CEO of Automattic. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. He has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Fortune, among other publications. Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer, hence the username “photomatt”, is the co-owner of Keys Jazz Bistro and the TinkerTendo art warehouse in San Francisco. He also serves as a member of the board of directors at Field Effect, and previously at Gitlab. Matt has been on the board since 2005.

Special Advisor: Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur best known as the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and has made influential contributions spanning cellular automata, computational science, and the philosophy of computation. His book A New Kind of Science advanced the view that simple computational rules can generate complex behavior across natural systems. Wolfram has held academic appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study and other leading institutions, and is widely regarded as a pioneer of computational thinking.

Advisors: Scott Berkun, David Edery, Tim Ferriss, Mark Forrester, Magnus Jepson, Michael Little, Bob Olson, Robert Perkowitz, Bruce Schneier, Hiten Shah, Jeffrey Veen, Hunter Walk, Jeffrey Zeldman.

Board Emeritus: We are deeply grateful to Michael Hirshland (2005–2011), Tony Conrad (2005-2018), and Phil Black (2005–2025), for helping Automattic navigate the trials and transoms of forging a new path for how startups could be built in an open source, open web, and distributed way. We also want to express a deep gratitude to folks who have graced our board meetings at key points over the years, including Anne Dorman, Lee Fixel, Will Griffith, Jeremy Kranz, Deven Perekh, Stu Phillips, Bret Taylor, Marc Benioff, Hugo Barra, Bill Macaitis, and our special board advisor, Stephen Wolfram.