BUILDING SINCE 2012 · NOT REVIEWED BY MIKE
Mike
Perham
“Today I’m the founder and CEO of Contributed Systems , my own company dedicated to building and supporting open-source-based application infrastructure.”in their words · mikeperham.com
about $70K
Sidekiq revenue, last 12 months
● last reported Oct 2013$13.5M
all products, total so far
stated · Jan 20223
products
2014
full-time since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
Faktory2017 →
NOW
Sidekiq2012 →
NOW
Side projects1
20122014201620182020202220242026
Mike runs ita new owner runs itsold, with the stated priceshut downside project
SidekiqRUNNINGsince Feb 2012
$7,500
Oct 2012
$85K
/yr
2013 · old
about $70K
last 12 months
Oct 2013 · old
Figures Mike stated, each measuring something different. We don’t draw a line between them.
The journey
Sidekiq (2012), Faktory (2017); $13,500,000 total gross sales by 2022
Milestones
$13.5M
total · All products
Jan 2022 · stated
$85K
/yr · Sidekiq
2013 · old
about $70K
last 12 months · Sidekiq
Oct 2013 · old
$7,500
· Sidekiq
Oct 2012 · stated
Latest
Nov 2025On San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025 talk: Sidekiq: Open Source, Business and the Future
Jul 2025On RailsConf 2025 panel on background jobs
Mar 2025Sidekiq: Released Sidekiq 8.0
Nov 2023On saas.unbound podcast
May 2023On Startups for the Rest of Us, episode 661
How sure are we?
5 verified by someone other than Mike39 stated by Mike in public6 outdated, older than our limits
Read on 11 Oct 2026 · more data coming