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| Type of business | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | Nasdaq: UPWK Russell 2000 Index component |
| Founded | 1999 (as Elance) 2003 (as oDesk) 2013 (as Elance-oDesk) 2015 (as Upwork) |
| Predecessor(s) | Elance-oDesk Elance oDesk |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| 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 |  421.6 million (2024)[1] |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required |
Upwork Global Inc., formerly Elance-oDesk, is an American freelancing platform headquartered in Santa Clara and San Francisco, California.[2] The company was formed in 2013 as Elance-oDesk after the merger of Elance Inc. and oDesk Corp. The merged company was subsequently rebranded as Upwork in 2015.[3]
In March 2022, Upwork was named on Time's list of TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022.[4]
- ^ "Annual Report 2020". Investors.upwork.com. p. 12.
- ^ "Elance-oDesk Becomes 'Upwork' In Push To Build $10B In Freelancer Revenues". Forbes. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (May 5, 2015). "Elance-oDesk Rebrands As Upwork, Debuts Slack-Like Chat Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ Van Houten, Alison (March 30, 2022). "TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 - Upwork". TIME. Retrieved August 2, 2022.