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title: 'Founder and CEO of Gumroad now calls Portland home'
date: '2020-01-17T16:19:17-08:00'
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  - Oregon
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  - gumroad
  - Portland
  - 'sahil lavingia'
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# Founder and CEO of Gumroad now calls Portland home

While we have any number of inspiring folks here in Portland, we could always use a few more. And that’s why I try to keep tabs on who’s relocating to the Rose City. One of the most recent transplants I’ve been following is [Sahil Lavingia](https://twitter.com/shl), founder and CEO of [Gumroad](https://gumroad.com/), who now calls the Portland startup community home.

> ~Some personal news~
> 
> I'm now living in Portland, Oregon! Say hi. 👋🏽
> 
> After moving to SF for startups, Provo for writing and conservatism, and LA for painting and filmmaking… I'm excited to make this move to follow my wife!
> 
> — Sahil Lavingia (@shl) [January 15, 2020](https://twitter.com/shl/status/1217466295454597121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



Why the interest? Well, not only does the focus of his company resonate with the creative Portland ethos, both his voice and approach do, as well. From [open board meetings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw4qTeBvzGg&feature=youtu.be) to [openly sharing his personal journey as a founder](https://marker.medium.com/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7), it will be interesting to have a voice like Sahil’s joining the many interesting and intriguing voices already here.

As his tweet offers, please take a moment to welcome, Sahil. Looking forward to having him as part of the community.

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