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Duolingo CEO and leadership

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Duolingo CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Luis von Ahn is the Duolingo's CEO. Duolingo has 170 employees, of which 26 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Duolingo executive team is 46% female and 54% male.
  • 63% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Duolingo management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Luis von Ahn

CEO & Co-Founder

Luis von Ahn's LinkedIn

Luis von Ahn (born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur and a Consulting Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Severin Hacker

CTO & Co-Founder

Severin Hacker's LinkedIn

Severin Hacker (born 1984) is a Swiss computer scientist who is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Cammie Dunaway

Chief Marketing Officer

Cammie Dunaway's LinkedIn

Cammie Dunaway is an American marketer. She was the chief marketing officer for Yahoo! before joining Nintendo of America in 2007 as the company's executive vice president of sales & marketing, replacing Reggie Fils-Aimé in the role after he was promoted to his position as president and COO of the company. Before joining Yahoo! in 2003, she worked for Frito-Lay for 13 years.

Rogelio Alvarez

Board Member

Rogelio Alvarez's LinkedIn

Matthew Skaruppa

Chief Financial Officer

Matthew Skaruppa's LinkedIn

Matt Skaruppa is a Chief Financial Officer at Duolingo.

Amy C. Bohutinsky

Board Member

Bing Gordon

Board Member

James H. Shelton

Board Member

Laela Sturdy

Board Member

Robert P. Meese

Chief Revenue Officer

Robert P. Meese's LinkedIn

Bob is the CRO at Duolingo, the world’s most popular way to learn a language, where he’s responsible for driving the company’s revenue growth. Run rate increased from |$1M to $100M+ during his time at Duolingo.

Previously, Bob spent 8 years with Google, as the Head of Games Business Development for Google Play, and as a Principal in the New Business Development group. Games revenue at Google Play grew |25x from $xxxM to $xB during his tenure. Prior to Google, he worked as a venture capitalist and management consultant. He has an MBA from MIT and degrees in Economics and Computer Science from Penn.

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Name & TitleBio
Luis von Ahn

CEO & Co-Founder

Luis von Ahn's LinkedIn

Luis von Ahn (born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur and a Consulting Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Severin Hacker

CTO & Co-Founder

Severin Hacker's LinkedIn

Severin Hacker (born 1984) is a Swiss computer scientist who is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Cammie Dunaway

Chief Marketing Officer

Cammie Dunaway's LinkedIn

Cammie Dunaway is an American marketer. She was the chief marketing officer for Yahoo! before joining Nintendo of America in 2007 as the company's executive vice president of sales & marketing, replacing Reggie Fils-Aimé in the role after he was promoted to his position as president and COO of the company. Before joining Yahoo! in 2003, she worked for Frito-Lay for 13 years.

Rogelio Alvarez

Board Member

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Duolingo board members

Name & TitleBio
Luis von Ahn

CEO & Co-Founder

Luis von Ahn's LinkedIn

Luis von Ahn (born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur and a Consulting Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Severin Hacker

CTO & Co-Founder

Severin Hacker's LinkedIn

Severin Hacker (born 1984) is a Swiss computer scientist who is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Rogelio Alvarez

Board Member

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Amy C. Bohutinsky

Board Member

Bing Gordon

Board Member

James H. Shelton

Board Member

Laela Sturdy

Board Member

Sara Clemens

Board Member

Gillian Munson

Board Member

Brad Burnham

Board Member

What employees say about the executives at Duolingo

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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2025
Pros of working at Duolingo

i thought the pros of wokring at duolingo are it benefits me and my family i get paid more to help out in my family

Cons of working at Duolingo

in my experience the cons where the staff was really rude, management and HR are totally disrespectful that is why I have quitted.

Duolingo benefits

I do not have any favorite perks of duolingo all i know is that When users start ignoring Duolingo’s reminders, the app gets more aggressive. It uses phrases like “Don’t give up now!” to make users feel like they’re failing. This pressure can make users feel stuck, even when they don’t want to keep using the app. and also Duolingo’s constant notifications can really affect users’ mental health. Unlike traditional learning, which is more relaxed, Duolingo’s alerts can cause more stress. Users might start to feel overwhelmed, which could make them give up on learning a new language.

How did you prepare for the Duolingo interview?

i just acted like myself did my best and made it just be you.

How would you improve Duolingo's culture?

i would improve it by not sending such aggressive notifications and less rush to the kids and adults and teens who are using the app such it might just cause them to be discouraged to learn the new language which may in return cause them to delete Duolingo permanently.

What do you like best about Duolingo's CEO and the leadership team?

I love the CEO he is the nicest person out of all staff love it when I'm asking him questions, he doesn't give me a stuck face he engages with me and helps really love it and I hope he has a good life moving forward!

What brings you the most joy at Duolingo?

it doesnt

What's the diversity at Duolingo like?

they beat me

How does your compensation at Duolingo compare to the industry average?

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