Who we are

Peter Burchhardt is an entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded ExpressVPN in 2009, growing it into one of the world's most well-known VPN providers with over 4 million active paying customers. He sold the business in 2021 and completed his transition to the new owners in 2023.

In the beginning, Peter wrote most of the code himself, allowing ExpressVPN to bootstrap and remain in 50-50 ownership with his co-founder Dan Pomerantz until its sale. Over the next 14 years, Peter's role evolved into hiring, developing, and leading people, creating jobs for more than 1,000 people in over 20 cities, spending hundreds of millions of US dollars on vendors and salaries, and cultivating a community of ExpressVPN colleagues centred on psychological safety, humility, and radical candour.

Today, Peter invests in and mentors other entrepreneurs through Titanium Birch.

Peter graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 with a BS in Economics from Wharton and a BS in Engineering through the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology. Before founding ExpressVPN, he spent five years at Microsoft.

See Peter’s profile on LinkedIn.

Check out Peter’s book, written with Dan Hou: Fundamentals for Founders: The Practical Guide to Kick-Starting Your Business.