page_title: SurveyMonkey
section_title: Founding
hierarchical_section_title: SurveyMonkey / History / Founding
caption_attribution_description: English: New SurveyMonkey Headquarters
context_page_description: SVMK Inc., doing business as SurveyMonkey, is an online survey development cloud-based software as a service company. It was founded in 1999 by Ryan Finley and Chris Finley. The company provides surveys, and a suite of paid back-end programs.
  The company went public in September 2018.
context_section_description: The company was owned by Ryan and Chris Finley until Spectrum Equity and Bain Capital acquired a majority interest in the company in 2009.
  Dave Goldberg joined SurveyMonkey in 2009.
caption: SurveyMonkey Headquarters in San Mateo, CA
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