Post job

Explore jobs

Find specific jobs

Explore careers

Explore professions

Best companies

Explore companies

Substack CEO and leadership

Zippia score 4.0
OverviewRevenue

Reviews

CEO & Executives

Substack CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Christopher Best is the Substack's CEO. Substack has 56 employees, of which 3 are in a leadership position.
Work at Substack?
Share your experience

Rate Substack's leaders' effectiveness in guiding the company.

Zippia waving zebra
Name & TitleBio
Christopher Best

Founder and CEO

Christopher Best's LinkedIn

Chris Best is a Founder and CEO at Substack and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Software Engineering - QA (co-op) at Sandvine, Programmer Analyst (co-op) at Schaeffler Canada Inc, and Software Development Intern at Airline Intelligence Systems. Christopher works or has worked as 2009 - present at Kik. He attended University of Waterloo between 2005 and 2010 and Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018.

Hamish McKenzie

Co-Founder and COO

Hamish McKenzie's LinkedIn

Hamish McKenzie is a Co-founder and COO at Substack and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Senior Reporter at Warner Bros., Reporter at PandoDaily, and Features Editor at TimeOut Hong Kong. Hamish works or has worked as Writer at Kik Interactive Inc.. He studied at UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO between 2000 and 2004, Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018, and Western University between 2005 and 2006.

Jairaj Sethi

Founder

Jairaj Sethi's LinkedIn

Jairaj Sethi is a Co-founder and CTO at Substack and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He has worked as Head of Platform, Principle Developer at Kik Interactive Inc.. Jairaj studied at University of Waterloo between 2007 and 2011 and Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018.

Do you work at Substack?

Does leadership effectively guide Substack toward its goals?

Substack jobs

Substack founders

Name & TitleBio
Christopher Best

Founder and CEO

Christopher Best's LinkedIn

Chris Best is a Founder and CEO at Substack and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Software Engineering - QA (co-op) at Sandvine, Programmer Analyst (co-op) at Schaeffler Canada Inc, and Software Development Intern at Airline Intelligence Systems. Christopher works or has worked as 2009 - present at Kik. He attended University of Waterloo between 2005 and 2010 and Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018.

Hamish McKenzie

Co-Founder and COO

Hamish McKenzie's LinkedIn

Hamish McKenzie is a Co-founder and COO at Substack and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Senior Reporter at Warner Bros., Reporter at PandoDaily, and Features Editor at TimeOut Hong Kong. Hamish works or has worked as Writer at Kik Interactive Inc.. He studied at UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO between 2000 and 2004, Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018, and Western University between 2005 and 2006.

Jairaj Sethi

Founder

Jairaj Sethi's LinkedIn

Jairaj Sethi is a Co-founder and CTO at Substack and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He has worked as Head of Platform, Principle Developer at Kik Interactive Inc.. Jairaj studied at University of Waterloo between 2007 and 2011 and Y Combinator between 2018 and 2018.

Substack executives FAQs

Most in demand jobs

Updated November 18, 2022

Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Substack, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Substack. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Substack. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Substack. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Substack and its employees or that of Zippia.

Substack may also be known as or be related to Substack, Substack Inc and Substack Inc.