Tristan Handy

Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO of dbt Labs (formerly Fishtown Analytics). Over two decades of experience as a data practitioner. Previously worked at RJMetrics. Hosts a widely followed newsletter and podcast on analytics engineering.

Overview

Companies
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Founder & CEO

Companies

1 company
dbt Labs $416M
Private Founder & CEO

dbt Labs is the company behind dbt (data build tool), an open-source analytics engineering framework that enables data teams to transform data in their warehouses using SQL. Originally founded as Fishtown Analytics, the company signed a definitive agreement to merge with Fivetran in October 2025 in an all-stock deal, creating a combined data infrastructure company approaching $600M in ARR.

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