Executive Spotlight: Who Is Jason Lemkin, Founder and CEO of SaaStr? (2027)
Jason Lemkin is the founder and CEO of SaaStr, a community and events business for B2B software founders that began in 2012 as a blog. He is also Managing Director of SaaStr Fund.
Before SaaStr he was co-founder and CEO of EchoSign, the e-signature service Adobe acquired, and he then served as a vice president at Adobe.
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Current role and company
SaaStr's company page lists Lemkin as Founder and CEO, and a Heavybit community profile lists him as Founder of SaaStr and Managing Director of SaaStr Fund. The company describes itself as the world's largest community for B2B and AI software. Its home page now features an AI Mentor product called Digital Jason + Amelia, and a SaaStr AI Annual 2026 event.
- TitleFounder and CEO, SaaStr (per the company's own page).
- AlsoManaging Director, SaaStr Fund (per Heavybit).
- How he describes himself3x founder, 1x VC, and constant SaaS enthusiast.
Career path
- EchoSign. Co-founder and CEO of the e-signature service from its start through its acquisition by Adobe. The pages we read give no acquisition date.
- Adobe. Vice President, Web Services, overseeing the growth of EchoSign and Adobe Document Services.
- NanoGram Devices. Co-founded the company, which SaaStr says was acquired for $50 million about 13 months after it was founded. No year is given.
- SaaStr, 2012 onward. Started as a WordPress blog and a few Quora answers, then grew into a community, conferences and a venture fund.
- SaaStr Fund. Early investments he led or sourced include Algolia, Talkdesk and Salesloft, according to SaaStr.
What he is known for
- Building SaaStr. He turned a 2012 blog into a community and a set of events, including SaaStr Annual and SaaStr Europa.
- EchoSign growth. SaaStr reports that EchoSign and Adobe Document Services reached $50 million in ARR in 2012 and more than $100 million in 2013.
- Recognition. SaaStr says Business Insider named him to its list of the 32 most powerful people in business technology.
- Venture investing. He helped lead or source early investments in several SaaS startups that SaaStr says are collectively worth almost $2 billion.
- AI focus. SaaStr's 2026 event and its AI Mentor product show the community's shift toward AI software.
Leadership style and philosophy
The pages we could read give no first-person interview text we could verify, so we do not quote him. SaaStr's own pages frame the mission around helping software founders, and he describes himself there as a champion for SaaS founders.
Key numbers
Figures below are reported by SaaStr on its own site, as read on October 31, 2026, with the period given where the page gives one.
- SaaStr began2012, as a blog (company-reported).
- EchoSign and Adobe Document Services ARR$50,000,000 in 2012 and more than $100,000,000 in 2013 (company-reported).
- SaaStr AnnualMore than 12,000 attendees each February in the SF Bay Area (company-reported, no year given).
- SaaStr EuropaMore than 2,500 attendees each June in Paris (company-reported, no year given).
- SaaStr AI Annual 2026AI agents drove 40% of attendance growth (company-reported).
SaaStr's pages give two different sizes for SaaStr Fund, so we do not state one.
What to watch next
Worth tracking: how SaaStr's AI Mentor product develops, the format of future SaaStr AI events, and new investments by SaaStr Fund.
Questions people ask
Who is Jason Lemkin?
He is the founder and CEO of SaaStr and Managing Director of SaaStr Fund. He previously co-founded EchoSign, which Adobe acquired.
What is Jason Lemkin's current role?
Founder and CEO of SaaStr, per the company's own page.
What is SaaStr?
A community and events business for B2B and AI software founders that began in 2012 as a blog.
What was EchoSign?
An e-signature service Lemkin co-founded and led as CEO until Adobe acquired it. SaaStr reports it reached $50 million ARR in 2012 and more than $100 million in 2013 together with Adobe Document Services.
What did he do at Adobe?
He was Vice President, Web Services, overseeing the growth of EchoSign and Adobe Document Services.
Sources
- SaaStr: Company and careers · Title, career, company-reported figures, official photo
- SaaStr: Home · AI Mentor, SaaStr AI Annual 2026 figure
- Heavybit: Jason Lemkin · Title and Adobe, EchoSign background
Facts were read from the linked pages on October 31, 2026. Some pages were read through a fetch tool that returns summaries, so confirm details on the original page. The hero photo is SaaStr's official team photo, centered on a card. This page covers public professional information only.
Top photo: SaaStr (saastr.com/company-back)