Omair Tariq

Founder and CEO, Cart.com

Omair Tariq is Founder and CEO of Cart.com, a unified commerce technology and logistics provider that topped 6,000 customers, 1,500 employees and achieved a $1.2 billion valuation in under 3 years.

Prior to launching Cart.com, Omair served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Blinds.com, the leading online retailer of custom blinds, where he played a key role in scaling the high-growth ecommerce startup prior to its acquisition by The Home Depot.

He subsequently served as a key member of the HomeDepot.com leadership team. Omair was named EY’s 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year (Gulf South) and was recognized by Business Insider as 100 People Transforming Business in 2022. He serves as a Venture Advisor to Mercury Fund as well as an advisor to numerous startups across the technology and commerce landscape. He holds a BBA from the University of Houston and an MBA from Rice University.