Tim Zheng
Co-founder & CEO
at
Apollo.io
Tim Zheng is a forward-thinking technologist and serial entrepreneur who has redefined go-to-market strategies for the digital era. As the Co-founder and CEO of Apollo.io, Tim has architected an AI-powered sales platform that transforms B2B engagement, accelerating how businesses discover, engage, and convert potential customers in an increasingly complex business landscape. A computer science graduate from MIT, he founded his first startup BrainGenie in 2011, where he recognized critical gaps in sales and marketing technologies. Frustrated by inefficient prospecting tools, he engineered an in-house platform that scaled to 1 million users before being acquired.
In 2015, Tim co-founded Apollo.io with a mission to democratize world-class go-to-market capabilities for companies of all sizes. Leveraging a product-led growth model, he has built an AI-powered sales platform that makes intelligent sales prospecting accessible to businesses globally. Under his leadership, Apollo.io has emerged as a category-defining platform valued at $1.6 billion, serving millions of users across more than 500,000 organizations with a distributed team of 700+ professionals spanning 21 countries.