Zendesk CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Zendesk?

The CEO of Zendesk is Mikkel Asger Svane.

Q: Who is the founder of Zendesk?

Mikkel Asger Svane, Morten Primdahl and Alexander Aghassipour founded Zendesk.

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Zendesk CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Mikkel Asger Svane is the Zendesk's CEO. Zendesk has 5,921 employees, of which 46 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Zendesk executive team is 57% female and 43% male.
56% of the management team is White.
16% of Zendesk management is Hispanic or Latino.
9% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Mikkel Asger Svane

CEO

Mikkel Svane is an author and entrepreneur. He wrote a book called "Startupland" and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Zendesk, which he cofounded in 2007. Svane was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1971.

Morten Primdahl

Founder

Mr. Primdahl co-founded Zendesk and served as our Chief Technology Officer from 2007 through 2017. Mr. Primdahl holds a Bachelors in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a Masters, Sci. IT. in computer science and information technology from the IT University of Copenhagen.

Alexander Aghassipour

Founder

Michael John Curtis

Former VP of Engineering

Archana Agrawal

Chief Marketing Officer

Carl Bass

Former President and CEO

Adrian McDermott

President of Products at Zendesk, Executive Bio

Brandon Gayle

Board Member

Hilarie Koplow-McAdams

Board Member

Jeffrey J. Titterton

Chief Operating Officer

Marketing and GTM executive with 20+ years of experience working at B2B and B2C tech companies. Particular expertise in SaaS and broader subscription models.

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Zendesk founders

Name & TitleBio

Mikkel Asger Svane

CEO

Morten Primdahl

Founder

Alexander Aghassipour

Founder

Zendesk board members

Name & TitleBio

Mikkel Asger Svane

CEO

Michael John Curtis

Former VP of Engineering

Archana Agrawal

Chief Marketing Officer

Carl Bass

Former President and CEO

Brandon Gayle

Board Member

Hilarie Koplow-McAdams

Board Member

Michael Lyle Frandsen

Board Member

Steve Johnson

Board Member

Thomas J. Szkutak

Board Member

L. Michelle Wilson

Board Member

Zendesk leadership demographics

Zendesk gender distribution in management team

The Zendesk executive team is 57% female and 43% male.
Zendesk is 39% female and 61% male company-wide.

Male

43%

Company-wide: 61%

Female

57%

Company-wide: 39%

Zendesk executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Zendesk executive officers is White.
56% of the management team is White.
16% of Zendesk's management is Hispanic or Latino.
16% of the management team is Asian.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
59% of employees are White.
15% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
14% of employees are Asian.

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What employees say about the executives at Zendesk

Employee reviews

5.0

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Pros of working at Zendesk

Ability to work cross-functionally across such a large organization.

Cons of working at Zendesk

Leadership struggled to find its true north star leading to a rather chaotic environment.

Zendesk benefits

Recharge Fridays - originally one Friday a month off to "recharge". Now down to one a quarter.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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