Who Is Cameron Zoub, Cofounder of Whop?

Cameron Zoub met Steven Schwartz as a teenager in a Facebook group about sneaker reselling, and the two founded Whop with Jack Sharkey in 2021.

Who Cameron Zoub Is

Cameron Zoub is a cofounder of Whop and its chief growth officer. His run-ins with scammers on software forums helped inspire Whop's vetting processes. Whop is an online marketplace where merchants set up storefronts, known as whops, to sell digital products, software subscriptions, online courses, and private community access.

Tech Funding News named Zoub as a cofounder in its October 22, 2026 report of Whop's Sequoia-led Series D at a $5.1 billion valuation. Whop operates from headquarters at the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, following an office relocation in 2024.

• Current role: Chief Growth Officer at Whop.
• Company: Whop (founded 2021, headquartered in Brooklyn, New York).
• Cofounders: Steven Schwartz (Chief Executive Officer) and Jack Sharkey (Chief Technology Officer).
• Known for: Co-founding the Sole Sniper sneaker-bot business with Steven Schwartz, co-founding Whop, and bylining Whop's partnership announcements on its blog.

Sneaker Bots and Early Collaboration with Steven Schwartz

According to Wikipedia, Zoub and Schwartz met as middle schoolers in a Facebook group about sneaker reselling and wrote sneaker bots as teenagers. Fortune reported that Schwartz found Zoub, a like-minded teen, on Facebook to help build his first sneaker bot.

Fortune reported that Zoub and Schwartz created Sole Sniper, a sneaker-bot business that sold automated purchase scripts to customers at prices ranging between $20 and $500.

A profile published by CNBC Make It in August 2023 reported that Zoub co-built several side hustles with Schwartz before Whop.

Forum Scammers and the Origin of Whop Vetting

CNBC Make It reported that Zoub patrolled online forums where software was sold and found many scammers.

The scammers Zoub found on those forums helped inspire Whop's vetting processes, according to CNBC Make It.

Whop launched commercially in March 2021. Schwartz described Whop in August 2023 as "Etsy for software products."

Whop's Commercial Milestones Since 2023

In July 2023, AlleyWatch reported that Whop had surpassed $110 million in cumulative transaction volume since its launch, recording over $11 million in sales in the month prior to its Series A financing.

AlleyWatch recorded that in 2023 Whop charged a 3% fee on purchases through its regular portal and 30% on sales generated through its discovery tools. By October 2026, Schwartz stated to reporters that Whop operated on a blended average fee of 6%.

In June 2024, Fortune reported that Whop processed around $400 million a year in transactions and that 4 million people a month were using it. Whop then had a workforce of 50, and its stated goal was helping 1 million people earn $2,000 a month within five years. As of June 2026, Fortune reported that Whop supported around $4 billion in annual commerce across 145 countries, or $300 million in monthly sales. Whop then had around 22 million users and 120 full-time staff. Another 50,000 to 60,000 users were joining daily. Whop says its platform has minted over 650 millionaires and that around 10 to 15 users make their first $20,000 on it every day (June 2026).

Marketplace Features and Content Rewards

Wikipedia documents that Whop operates a Content Rewards feature that has been used for music clipping campaigns.

Zoub has bylined product announcements on Whop's blog, where his author page describes him as "Co-founder & CGO @ Whop". On May 1, 2023, he published "Introducing the best Gumroad alternative for creators: Whop Marketplace", positioning Whop Marketplace against Gumroad.

On December 2, 2024, Zoub published an announcement detailing the launch of Whop 4.0. In that post, he wrote that Whop had helped over 20,000 people make their first dollar online, minted over 100 platform millionaires, and generated more than $1 billion annually for creators. Whop 4.0 added a redesigned store page, mobile storefront editing, and a marketplace with creator leaderboards. It also added 20+ new building blocks (Chat, Forums, Newsletters, Bounties, Courses, Events) and ACH, split pay, and Coinbase Commerce payments.

Partner Integrations and Payment Expansions

On December 11, 2025, Zoub bylined "Whop x micro1", which says "micro1 names Whop as its official global payouts partner". The post says micro1 creators can get paid out through Venmo, PayPal, stablecoins, and local banks worldwide.

The micro1 post says Whop's 15,000,000 users can now earn on micro1 and that the integration took under a week. The post closes by inviting platforms to book a call with Whop's partnerships team to join the Whop payments network.

In early 2026, Zoub bylined two more payments announcements. "Whop x Ohana" (January 26, 2026) announced Whop as the official payments network for Ohana, where people can sublease apartments and collect rent through Whop. "Whop x Kled" (March 11, 2026) announced Whop as the official payments network for Kled, described as a human data marketplace. His Whop blog byline also covers paid Discord servers, Discord membership tiers, and Memberful and Upgrade.Chat alternatives. He also bylined a guide on how to sell sports picks online (first published December 2, 2025).

Podcasts and Public Appearances

On October 27, 2025, Zoub appeared on Brett Malinowski's podcast, We're Gonna Make It, in an episode titled 'How to Build a $1B Software Business Start to Finish (He did it)'.

The episode's listed chapters include finding a partner, building the MVP, guerrilla sales tactics, when to raise money, and scaling to $100M in revenue.

On January 5, 2025, Zoub was featured on Max Tornow's podcast in episode 286, titled 'Cameron Zoub's $100M Blueprint For Whop'. The episode's chapter list includes his first business, failure vs success, the structure of his company, how Whop scaled, and a chapter on asking "what do you think?" as a leadership habit.

The 2022 Outage and Whop's Rails Stack

Whop was founded by Steven Schwartz, Cameron Zoub, and software developer Jack Sharkey, who serves as chief technology officer. On Thursday, September 4, 2025, Sharkey gave the talk "The $1B Rails Startup: Scaling from 0 to Unicorn in Four Years" at Rails World 2025.

In his Rails World 2025 talk, Sharkey said that during a 2022 Friday-night outage, Zoub ("Cam") suggested sending an Uber to an off-duty contractor's house. Sharkey said the site was back up about 10 minutes later.

Sharkey's Rails World 2025 talk abstract says Whop handles 150k RPM and runs chat, notifications, payments, and live streaming on a Rails monolith. SpaceXAI named Whop as Grok's first full-stack business connector in late August 2026. On September 2, 2026, Whop was listed in the Cursor Marketplace under "Payments" and went live as a plugin in Grok Bot. Whop also has API partnerships with Replit, Poke, Cal.com and others.

Venture Funding and Capital Rounds

In July 2023, Whop closed a $17 million Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from Peter Thiel, Zinal Growth, Justin Mateen, Justin Kan, The Chainsmokers, Kevin O'Leary, Josh Browder, Vivek Ranadive, David Blitzer, James Harden, Cory Levy, Josh Richards, and Griffin Johnson.

In June 2024, Whop raised a $50 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures (Fortune reported it as more than $50 million). Whop Payments launched in September 2025 with payout capabilities across 241 territories. PYMNTS reported that on February 25, 2026, Tether made a $200 million investment in Whop, valuing it at $1.6 billion (per Schwartz on X). Under the deal, Whop users can use USDT and USAT stablecoins, and the funding supports Whop's expansion across Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. At the Tether deal (February 2026), Whop had more than 18.4 million users and gross transaction volume growing 25% month over month.

Bloomberg and Tech Funding News reported on October 21 and 22, 2026, that Whop raised $205 million in a Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing Whop at $5.1 billion. Whop's corporate release noted a $200 million figure for the round. Shopify's venture arm also invested, and former Sequoia leader Doug Leone joins Whop's board as part of the deal. The money is for global expansion, research and development, and an AI-powered decision engine that uses Whop's transaction data to help merchants increase profits.