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Neil Patel
The Largest Name in SEO
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Neil Patel

The Largest Name in SEO

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Biography

The most recognized SEO practitioner on Earth, and the one the rest of the industry has the strongest opinions about. Co-founded KISSmetrics and Crazy Egg with Hiten Shah. Built NP Digital into one of the largest performance marketing agencies in the world, operating across dozens of markets globally. Acquired Ubersuggest in 2017 and rebuilt it into a freemium SEO tool used by hundreds of thousands daily. Named a top 100 entrepreneur under 30 by President Obama and a top 35-under-35 by the United Nations. New York Times bestselling author. Whatever the Twitter SEO intelligentsia thinks of him, more working SEOs entered this field through Neil Patel than through any other single person alive.

Milestones

  • 01Co-founded KISSmetrics and Crazy Egg with Hiten Shah
  • 022017 Acquired Ubersuggest
  • 03Built NP Digital into a global performance marketing agency
  • 04New York Times bestselling author

Citations

This profile draws on primary biographical sources, conference records, and reporting from Search Engine Land, Search Engine Roundtable, and historical archives of the SEO industry. Citations are curated by the editorial board of the SEO Hall Of Fame.

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