Eventbrite

Eventbrite is a global marketplace for live experiences that allows people to find and create events in 190 countries.[1] The platform allows event organizers to plan, promote, and sell tickets to events (event management) and publish them across Facebook, Twitter and other social-networking tools directly from the site’s interface.[2] It also enables attendees to find and purchase tickets to these experiences. Founded in 2006, Eventbrite is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and now has offices in Nashville, London, Dublin, Berlin, Melbourne, Mendoza, and São Paulo.[3] The company generates revenue by charging organizers a fee of 2.5% of the ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket sold, but does not charge any fee for free events.

Founders

Eventbrite was founded in 2006 by Kevin (CEO) and Julia Hartz (President) and Renaud Visage (CTO). Prior to his position at the company, Kevin Hartz was involved with Paypal and the Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company.[4] Julia Hartz, wife of Kevin, was raised in Santa Cruz, CA. After studying broadcasting at Pepperdine University, she became a creative executive at FX Network in Los Angeles. Soon after the two became engaged, she moved to the Bay Area and helped co-found Eventbrite. Renaud Visage built the Eventbrite site platform. Visage started his career as a consultant with Geomatrix Consultants. He later became the Director of Engineering with Zing Networks. He has a Master of Engineering from Cornell University and from École centrale de Lyon in France.

Kevin Hartz

Kevin Hartz is an American entrepreneur, investor, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a leading global self-service ticketing platform. In addition to founding three companies (Eventbrite, Xoom and ConnectGroup), Hartz is an early-stage investor and advisor to successful startups including PayPal, Pinterest,[1] Lookout, Flixster, Airbnb, Trulia, Skybox Imaging and Yammer.

Early life and education

Hartz was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Orinda, California. He holds a BAS from Stanford University in History, as well as an MA from Oxford University.