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WP Engine

WP Engine sells managed WordPress hosting and a WordPress digital experience platform to businesses and agencies of every size, from small sites to large enterprises.

SaaSDev & data SaaS
ARR
$400M revenue (est.)
as of Oct 2026
Employees
1.2K
as of Oct 2026
Valuation
$4B (est.)
10× ARR
ARR / employee
$333K
revenue efficiency
About WP Engine

WP Engine is a private company in Austin that sells managed WordPress hosting, eCommerce hosting, headless WordPress tools and enterprise web products on a subscription basis. It says its products power about 1.5M digital experiences worldwide. Jason Cohen founded it in 2010, and Heather Brunner has been CEO since October 2013. Silver Lake backs the company, which has raised about $267M–$414M depending on the source, and Latka estimates its ARR at about $400M in 2024. In 2024, Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com) accused WP Engine of trademark infringement, and it has acquired Big Bite (January 2026) and WPackagist (March 2026).

Top 100 SaaS by revenue (GetLatka). A SaaS company retooling its product to be AI-native.

Investors · 4

LeadSilver Lake (Silver Lake Sumeru)Venture capital3 partners on file
BoardSilver Lake (Silver Lake Sumeru)Venture capital· Greg Mondre (Managing Partner at Silver Lake (as of the 2018 investment))3 partners on file
BoardSilver Lake (Silver Lake Sumeru)Venture capital· Lee Wittlinger (Managing Director at Silver Lake (as of the 2018 investment))3 partners on file
BoardSilver Lake (Silver Lake Sumeru)Venture capital· Mark Gillett (Managing Director at Silver Lake (as of the 2018 investment))3 partners on file
InvestorAutomatticVenture capital3 partners on file
InvestorNorth Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity (now Guidepost Growth Equity)Venture capital
InvestorSilverton PartnersVenture capital
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