Alex Polvi net worth

Who is Alex Polvi?

Alex Polvi is the co-founder and CEO of CoreOS, which was acquired by Red Hat. He previously co-founded Cloudkick, which was acquired by Rackspace.

Highlights:

• Co-founder of the Open Source Education Lab at Oregon State University
• Cloudkick acquired by Rackspace for an estimated $30 million
• CoreOS acquired by Red Hat for $250 million

Background

He is a native Oregonian and the 11th in his family to attend Oregon State University. Heritage/background labels may be inferred and are not verified identity documents.

About CoreOS

CoreOS is part of the Red Hat family. A leader in the open source community and an innovator of open source projects, CoreOS creates and delivers critical components for containerized applications that help fuel broad adoption of secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure. The team maintains several open source projects, including: Container Linux: the secure automatic updating OS; and etcd, the distributed...

FAQ: Alex Polvi net worth and CoreOS valuation

What is Alex Polvi's net worth?

Alex Polvi's estimated net worth is $22.5M (range $15.75M – $33.75M) as of 2026. Alex Polvi is CEO at CoreOS. Entrepreneurial Check publishes an independent model-based estimate from public company and role data. Not verified net worth, and Entrepreneurial Check is not affiliated with Y Combinator or the profiled companies.

What is CoreOS valuation?

CoreOS's estimated valuation on Entrepreneurial Check is $250.0M. That valuation, or a disclosed round when one is public, is the source for the paper-wealth estimate. Independent model output — not a verified appraisal or official mark.

What is Alex Polvi's role?

Alex Polvi is CEO at CoreOS, a Y Combinator-backed startup (batch S13, W09).