Piotr Szulczewski

Piotr Szulczewski (; born 1981) is a Canadian-Polish businessman and computer engineer who is the founder and former CEO of the mobile-first ecommerce platform focused on low-cost goods, Wish.com. In 2019, he became the youngest billionaire from Canada according to Forbes, though his net worth subsequently declined following Wish's public offering.

Early life and background Szulczewski grew up in the Warsaw neighbourhood of Tarchomin. Upon the collapse of the communism in Poland, his parents immigrated to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, about west of Toronto. He studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Waterloo, where he met Danny Zhang.

Just before graduating from the University of Waterloo in 2004 at the age of 23, Szulczewski relocated to Palo Alto, California and did a four-month coding internship for Google. He then became a full-time employee for Google, where he wrote the prototype algorithms for keyword expansion, a feature which aids in searching for products from advertisers. By 2016 Wish.com had over 5 million daily visitors.

In 2016, Szulczewski was listed at #21 on America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 list and in 2019, #1605 on Forbes's list of billionaires. and the 5th wealthiest Polish billionaire. Despite his success, he stays out of the spotlight and rarely gives interviews. He was interviewed for the first time by the Polish media in November 2017. On January 31, 2022, Vijay Talwar was named as Chief Executive Officer and a member of Wish’s Board of Directors, effective February 1, 2022. Szulczewski remained on the board.

In February 2024, ContextLogic sold the Wish platform to the Singapore-based e-commerce company Qoo10 for approximately $173 million.