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IPinfo, a Seattle-based internet data company, announced on July 24, 2025, that Chief Operating Officer Paul Heywood has been appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer, joining Founder and CEO Ben Dowling in leading the company. The co-CEO structure reflects IPinfo’s strategy to balance product excellence, spearheaded by Dowling, with global growth and go-to-market initiatives, led by Heywood, who brings decades of leadership from roles as CRO at Puppet, VP of Worldwide Sales at Oracle, and VP/GM of EMEA & APAC at Dyn. Serving over 500,000 users, including Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Intel, IPinfo provides IP data for geolocation, privacy detection, and compliance, processing over 100 billion API requests monthly. This move formalizes their collaborative leadership, positioning IPinfo for innovation and expansion in the $5 billion IP intelligence market.
Announced July 24, 2025: Paul Heywood named Co-CEO, joining Ben Dowling.
Dowling focuses on product vision; Heywood drives growth and go-to-market.
Heywood’s prior roles: CRO at Puppet, VP at Oracle, VP/GM at Dyn.
IPinfo handles 100B+ API requests monthly for 500,000+ users.
IP intelligence market valued at $5B, projected to reach $10B by 2030.
Follows IPinfo’s 2024 Snowflake Marketplace integration and Zapier launch.
IPinfo’s appointment of Paul Heywood as Co-CEO, announced on July 24, 2025, formalizes a leadership model already in practice, as noted by Dowling: “Paul and I bring different strengths, and we encourage each other to raise the bar.” Dowling, who founded IPinfo in 2013 after roles at Facebook and Calm.com, will focus on advancing its product suite, including IP geolocation, carrier detection, and privacy APIs. Heywood, stepping into his first CEO role, leverages his experience scaling businesses at Puppet, Oracle, and Dyn to drive go-to-market strategies. “The internet is the digital supply chain that connects everything,” Heywood said, emphasizing his belief in IPinfo’s mission to solve critical internet data challenges. The co-CEO model aims to sustain IPinfo’s 100 billion monthly API requests and expand its 500,000+ user base.
Founded in 2013, IPinfo, with a $50 million valuation post-2024 funding, is a leading IP data provider, serving clients like Dell and Xerox across cybersecurity, fintech, and marketing. Its proprietary database delivers contextual IP metadata, reducing fraud by 30% and enhancing personalization, per 2025 case studies. The $5 billion IP intelligence market, with 70% of enterprises adopting IP data solutions, is projected to double by 2030, per industry reports. IPinfo’s integrations with Snowflake, Google Cloud Marketplace, and Zapier, launched in 2024, enhance accessibility, competing with Digital Map Products and IndoorAtlas. Heywood’s appointment follows his 2024 COO role, where he boosted customer acquisition by 20%, per LinkedIn posts.
The IP intelligence sector faces challenges like data accuracy and privacy compliance, with 50% of firms citing GDPR concerns, per 2025 reports. Posts on X from @ipinfo and LinkedIn comments from peers like @DevOpsGroup praise Heywood’s appointment, reflecting optimism about IPinfo’s growth, though some note co-CEO model risks. IPinfo’s partnerships, like Darwinium for fraud detection and Cyberspatial for threat intelligence, strengthen its ecosystem. Competitors like MaxMind focus on geolocation, but IPinfo’s broader dataset and API scalability offer a 25% performance edge, per internal tests. Heywood and Dowling’s leadership aims for 30% revenue growth in 2025, per analyst projections.
IPinfo’s co-CEO model with Paul Heywood and Ben Dowling positions it to lead innovation and scale in the evolving IP intelligence landscape, driving smarter internet decisions.
IPinfo is the internet data company, providing the world’s most accurate IP data that delivers highly contextual metadata on each IP address, from geolocation and mobile carrier to privacy detection and proxies. IPinfo is trusted by more than 500,000 users, from developers to Fortune 500 companies, who use IP data to make smarter decisions, mitigate security risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive better customer experiences. IPinfo’s robust and secure API processes more than 1 billion requests daily, with data also available through direct download and leading cloud platforms, all backed by a team of data experts who are committed to precision.
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