Meet the LingQ Team

The LingQ team is always happy to answer your questions, help solve any issues and assist you along your exciting language learning journey.

Mark Kaufmann

CEO, Co-founder

Jefe, Speaks 4 Languages (including getting s#!t done)

It was while travelling the world as a pro hockey player (ice hockey for you non-Canadians) that Mark first developed an interest in learning languages. He has taken Steve’s methods and designed LingQ to bring this approach to the masses. He can usually be found working out or playing sports and trying, when possible, to listen to LingQ lessons at the same time. (Kind of tough under the hockey helmet…)
Steve Kaufmann

Guru, Co-founder

Speaks 20 languages (he travels a lot)

Steve has had a passion for languages most of his life and is a well known polyglot on the web. Steve is the all-time champion LingQer and developer of the LingQ approach. When not studying on LingQ, he can be found on the Forum, on his YouTube channel and blog, or starting conversations with strangers in any of his 20 languages...and of course running on the golf course..!

Boris Dobroslavov

Web App Developer

He chooses where to have lunch
Miguel Franco

Designer / Front-End

Always looking good
Tim Costa

IOS Developer

Loves UX and doing chin ups
Tiago Salvador

Android Developer

The Ronaldo of Android development
Maria Jimenez

Web App Developer

When’s the next flight to Korea?
Roman Kozenko

API Secret Agent

Speed master
Stas Vovk

Dev-Ops / Back-End

He controls the big switch
Oleksii Mazur

Front-end

Coding is silent music
Norris Aboagye Boateng

Android Developer

I talk to computers
Eric Laycock

Machine learning engineer

beep boop
Eliot Scott

Backend Software Engineer

Let's give it a push
Elizabeth Lebel

Communications Manager

She writes good
Jane Tertyshnikova

UX UI Designer

I deliver your ideas to users
Zoran Simicic

Customer Service

The nicest guy ever
Ana Rivera

Marketing Manager

Magic Maker
Eric Roberts

Marketing/Content Creator

Hockey & Japanese
Ricardo Oliveira

Marketing

This is the way
Tanya Boguslavskaya

YouTube & social media manager

Brings her dog to Zoom calls
Tabitha Parish

Financial Controller

Bean counter
Yulia Martynenko

QA Engineer

Eat. Sleep. Coffee. Test. Repeat
Tommy Pruchinski

Head of Learner Success

A pleasure to have in class
Tiago Ribeiro

Learner Success Support

To infinity and beyond!
North Sprung-Much

Content Manager

Speaks French almost as well as he thinks he does
Denys Bielov

QA Tester

Glorious bugs hunter!

Our Story

LingQ is a vibrant community of passionate, enthusiastic language learners and native speaker tutors. The combination of awesome people and effective methodology make LingQ the best place to learn a language.

2007

Present

LingQ was launched in late 2007 by Steve Kaufmann and his son Mark to develop better tools for language learners.

The LingQ system is based on Steve's experiences learning languages. Until the age of 17 Steve only spoke English. After 10 years of French lessons in school, Steve still couldn’t speak it. It was at the point that Steve decided to find a way to learn languages that works.

The system that Steve developed forms the basis of the LingQ system enabling thousands of learners from all over the world to enjoy language learning and successfully reach their goals.
LingQ is a fun, simple way to learn languages from authentic, interesting content. Learning the language from the language itself, just as most children learn their own language.

Steve Kaufmann has proven that this system works – He now speaks 20 languages. Along with millions of LingQ members who continue to prove it every day.

Our Mission

We are devoted to breaking down the barriers that prevent people from learning languages.

What LingQ Offers

One of the best foreign language libraries on the web. Choose from thousands of hours of audio along with matching transcripts.
Powerful vocabulary tools. Look up and save words and phrases to your own private database for later review.
Known words tracking system. Track and measure everything you learn at LingQ. We track which words you know and can tell you which words are new to you.
Global online community. Join live conversations, have your writing corrected, get help from personal tutors, make friends!