Karim Atiyeh

Karim Atiyeh is a co-founder of Ramp, a U.S. corporate spend management company, where he previously served as chief technology officer and has been co-CEO alongside Eric Glyman since June 2026. Before that he co-founded Paribus, a consumer refund app with Glyman that was later acquired by Capital One.

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2000sStudying at Harvard University

According to Al-Monitor, Atiyeh was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to the United States after 2003 to study at Harvard University Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private research university in Massachusetts, established by the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature in 1636 and named in 1639 for early benefactor John Harvard. Its principal campuses are in Cambridge and the Allston and Longwood neighborhoods of Boston. It includes Harvard College, graduate and professional schools, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Two governing boards share oversight. Alan M. Garber was president as of October 2026, and the endowment stood at $56.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025.Open the full entry.⁠[1]

According to his Ramp author page, he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from Harvard University.⁠[2]

Ramp co-founder Eric Glyman recalled on the company blog that the two met during their first winter in Boston.⁠[3]

2014Co-founding Paribus

In 2014, Atiyeh co-founded Paribus with Eric Glyman and others, an app that helped online shoppers automatically claim refunds after price drops.⁠[4][1]

2016Paribus Acquired by Capital One

In 2016, Paribus was acquired by financial services company Capital One; according to Al-Monitor, Atiyeh continued to run Paribus until 2019.⁠[4][3][1]

2019Co-founding Ramp

In 2019, Atiyeh founded the corporate spend management company Ramp with Glyman and others, serving as chief technology officer and leading the product and engineering teams.⁠[4][1]

June 25, 2026Becoming Co-CEO of Ramp

On June 25, 2026, Ramp announced that Atiyeh would move from chief technology officer to co-CEO, leading the company together with Glyman; Rahul Sengottuvelu, previously head of applied artificial intelligence, succeeded him as CTO.⁠[5][4]

Atiyeh wrote on LinkedIn LinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry that he and Glyman had worked as a team for 12 years and that the change only made this formal.⁠[6]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

Ramp: Official website: https://ramp.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[2]

X: Public account: https://x.com/karimatiyeh (opens in a new window)⁠[2]

LinkedIn: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimatiyeh (opens in a new window)⁠[2]