Paul Weinert

If I'm not building something, I'm probably bored

Paul Weinert is our founder, managing principal and spirit animal. He’s one of those odd people you meet that was born in Portland, grew up here and still lives here for some reason. If you had two words to describe Paul after meeting him, we'd bet you'd use "charmingly quirky".

Paul started GRAYBOX in February 2009, and for the first four years, GRAYBOX had a blend of a contract staffing firm and a traditional agency. GRAYBOX then hired our first employees in 2012 and has been growing ever since. Professionally, Paul has a background in internet business consulting, working especially with mid-market ecommerce, healthcare, and tech companies. He worked as a user experience designer, web developer and internet marketer. Nowadays, Paul serves as our company visionary, team mentor and head of executive leadership — Paul is extremely proud of the entire team and the company. He’s constantly humbled by the team’s awesomeness and the caring community that’s sprung up from his initial ideas.

Beyond GRAYBOX, Paul is married, has two young boys and lives in NE Portland. He’s also an active foster parent, mentors other local entrepreneurs, and volunteers on local non-profit boards. Businesswise, aside from GRAYBOX, Paul has started a few other businesses and is an active investor in the local startup scene.

For the sheer joy of it, let’s play 2 truths and a lie:

1. Paul firmly believes that any activity would be better if on a boat.
2. Other than this whole Internet thing, Paul has basically no other skills or expertise in anything.
3. Paul gained 85 lbs in 2-years when starting GRAYBOX (Don't judge, it was a stressful time!).