Who is Olivier Pomel | CEO of SaaS and Cloud Leader Datadog
Olivier Pomel is the co-founder and CEO of Datadog, a leading cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform. He founded the company in 2010 with his longtime friend and coworker, Alexis Lê-Quôc. Pomel has a strong background in software engineering and data systems.
Prior to Datadog, Pomel worked as:
– Vice President of Technology at Wireless Generation (now Amplify)
– Senior Software Engineer at Silicongo
– Software Engineer at Neomeo
– Software Engineer at IBM Research
Pomel holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Ecole Centrale Paris (now CentraleSupélec). He is also an original author of the VLC media player[4].
Under Pomel’s leadership, Datadog has grown significantly:
- The company went public in September 2019
- As of 2024, Datadog employs over 3,200 people
- Pomel’s net worth is estimated at 3.6 billion USD (2024)
Pomel is known for his customer-centric approach to business and his focus on bridging the gap between development and operations teams. He emphasizes the importance of listening to customers and solving real problems rather than obsessing over competition.
A great SaaStr deep dive here on Datadog back at $100,000,000 in ARR:
And a great related SaaStr deep dive on Datadog with its founding CMO here:
And a deep dive on Datadog’s business and metrics at $2.5 Billion in ARR here:
(Note: portions of text from Claude)
