About
Andrew Sever co-founded Sumsub in 2015 and has guided it from a small startup into a global verification platform with 1000+ employees across eight offices, supporting more than 4,000 clients in 220+ countries and territories.
As a leader, Andrew builds through conversation. He constantly stress-tests ideas with his brothers, the leadership team, customers, and partners—bringing people who see different parts of a problem into the same room. His strength lies in turning complexity into clarity, creating alignment, and driving product momentum. His long-term focus is on building real-world defenses against fraud and making verification faster, fairer, and more human for businesses and users everywhere.
Andrew’s commentary and insights have been featured in Forbes, The Business Times, Spiceworks, Fintech Finance, and other international outlets. As CEO, he oversees business development, operations, sales, and Sumsub’s global expansion, while staying deeply involved in product direction and team culture.
Outside of work, Andrew treats training as part of leadership rather than a hobby. He sees mind and body as one system, where movement, recovery, and mental clarity are tightly connected. He trains for IRONMAN 70.3 and Oceanman with a structured, data-driven approach, working with coaches and medical specialists and paying close attention to recovery and long-term performance. Endurance sports, especially open-water swimming, sharpen his ability to stay composed under uncertainty — a skill he values as much in leadership as in competition. Andrew is also curious about health data, using wearables thoughtfully rather than dogmatically, and he actively supports team sport initiatives at Sumsub for their cognitive and cultural benefits.
