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SurveyMonkey Inc. is the world's largest survey company, helping customers collect over 1.5 million online survey responses every day. SurveyMonkey has revolutionized the way people give and take feedback, making it accessible, easy and affordable for everyone. The company was founded in 1999 with a focus on helping people make better decisions, and has built technology based on over 10 years of experience in survey methodology and web development. Customers include 99% of the Fortune 500, academic institutions, small businesses, HR departments and neighborhood soccer leagues everywhere. The company has over 150 employees throughout the United States and Portugal, with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Quick Facts ·        A computer science major at the University of Wisconsin, company founder Ryan Finley, was interning at a music production website and built a simple survey tool to get feedback from the site’s users.

·        The site began to snowball, eventually allowing Ryan to work on the newly named SurveyMonkey full time.

·        In 2002, Ryan hired his first employee, his brother Chris Finley, to manage business development and operations.

·        In 2004, the Finley brothers decided to relocate to Portland, Oregon—where they could ride their bicycles to work, even in the winter.

·        In 2009, Dave Goldberg joined as CEO, opened SurveyMonkey’s Palo Alto office, and launched the site internationally.

·        In 2010, the first international customer support office opened in Madeira, Portugal to keep up with growing demand.

·        In the past three years, SurveyMonkey has acquired the following companies: Precision Polling (2010), Clicktools (2011), WuFoo (2011), Zoomerang (2012), ZoomPanel (2012), and TrueSample (2012).

·        SurveyMonkey is used in over 190 countries and is available in 14 languages…and counting.

·        There are almost 200 SurveyMonkey employees at 5 offices: Palo Alto, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Lisbon, Portugal; and Luxembourg.

·        SurveyMonkey’s investors include: Bain Capital Ventures, Spectrum Equity Investors, TPG Growth

·        With over 12 million users worldwide, SurveyMonkey receives over 1 million survey responses every day.

References http://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/aboutus/