Chris Fanini

Founder

Co-founder and CTO of Weebly. Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology graduate (2012). Started a local web hosting company and one of Bucks County, Pennsylvania's first high-speed wireless internet providers while still in high school.

Overview

Companies
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Roles
Founder

Companies

1 company
Weebly $40M
Acquired Founder

Weebly is a website creation platform that provides drag-and-drop tools, customizable templates, e-commerce features, and hosting, enabling anyone to build a professional website, online store, or blog without coding knowledge. Founded in 2006 by three Penn State University students, Weebly pioneered the drag-and-drop website builder space during Y Combinator's W07 batch. The platform grew to power over 50 million websites globally with more than 625,000 paid subscribers across 175+ countries. Acquired by Square (now Block, Inc.) in 2018 for $365 million.

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