Ajay Gupta

Ajay Gupta has served as CEO of Stirista since founding the company in 2010 at age 26 and has overseen the data-driven, marketing services company’s rapid year-to-year financial growth as it has progressed from 2 employees, working out of an apartment, to a team of nearly 100 spanning three continents. In 2020, the company raised $13M​ in growth equity financing from Boston-based ​Wavecrest Growth Partners​.

Ajay holds a Bachelor’s degree in financial economics and creative writing with a mathematics minor from St. Lawrence University, as well as an MFA in creative writing from Texas State University. He has been named a Marketing EDGE Rising Star and was part of the San Antonio Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list. Under his leadership, Stirista has won an Ad Age Best Places to Work award, a DMA Silver ECHO award, a third-place DMN Award, and a spot on the Inc 5000 list.