Upwork

Upwork Global Inc., formerly Elance-oDesk, is an American freelancing platform headquartered in Santa Clara and San Francisco, California. The company was formed in 2013 as Elance-oDesk, after the merger... Wikipedia

  • Type of business:  Public
  • Traded as:  Russell 2000 Index component
  • Founded:  1999 (as Elance), 2003 (as oDesk), 2013 (as Elance-oDesk), 2015 (as Upwork)
  • Predecessor(s):  Elance-oDesk, Elance, oDesk
  • Area served:  Worldwide
  • Founder(s):  Beerud Sheth, Srini Anumolu, Sanjay Noronha, Odysseas Tsatalos, Stratis Karamanlakis
  • Key people:  Hayden Brown (CEO), Thomas Layton (Chairman)
  • Industry:  Freelance marketplace
  • Revenue:  $373.6 million (2020)
  • Registration:  Required
  • Data Source:  DuckDuckGo