Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (often also described as Head of Technology)
Full Name: Edward Kim
Nickname: Eddie
Country/State: United States
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Languages Known: English
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College: Stanford University
Degrees Obtained: B.S. Electrical Engineering M.S. Electrical Engineering
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
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Children: 0
Current Position: Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (often also described as Head of Technology)
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Net Worth: Not Publicly Known
Awards & Achievements: Co-founded Gusto; led engineering and platform development for Gusto’s people platform
Edward Kim is a co-founder of Gusto and serves as its Chief Technology Officer, overseeing engineering and the technical foundation of Gusto’s payroll and HR platform. His role centers on building dependable systems for high-stakes workflows like tax filings, payments, compliance, and benefits administration. Kim is also associated with building diverse and inclusive engineering teams, a theme repeated in Gusto’s official author bio. In public discussions, he has spoken about how Gusto approaches AI at scale, including the trade-offs between speed, accuracy, and trust when automating sensitive people and finance processes. In 2025, Gusto continued expanding product capabilities and partnerships, increasing the importance of secure, compliant engineering as the platform moved further into finance-adjacent features. Kim remains a key technical leader as Gusto evolves from payroll into a broader operating system for employers.
Gusto launched Gusto Money (Sept 2025), introducing features positioned around smoothing cash flow, including Payroll Bridge, bill pay, and invoicing.
Gusto ran a $200M-plus tender offer (June 2025) that allowed employee share sales in a secondary deal.
TechCrunch reported in Oct 2025 that Gusto paid about $600M to acquire Guideline and planned to divest customers linked to rivals.
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