Mission
Make life better for small businesses worldwide with connected cloud accounting for owners and their advisors.
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Xero
The world does its books here.
Wellington, New Zealand · fintech · saas · founded 2006xero.com
The people behind it
Rod Drury — co-founder
Rod Drury co-founded Xero in Wellington in 2006 on the conviction that accounting software belonged in the browser, taking the company from New Zealand to the world.
Hamish Edwards — co-founder
Hamish Edwards co-founded Xero in Wellington in 2006, helping build a cloud accounting platform from Aotearoa that went on to list publicly and serve millions of small businesses.
Beginnings
Founded in Wellington in 2006 by Rod Drury and Hamish Edwards, who believed accounting software belonged in the browser.
Why people join
5 million customers, 250,000 accounting partners, 1000+ app integrations and AI tools like JAX — NZ's defining software success.
The bigger picture
Real-time financial clarity for the small businesses that employ most of the world — saving owners hours every week.
Open roles
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