# Ben Peterson (slim)

> Ben Peterson is co-founder of BambooHR. BambooHR on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, BambooHR.

Ben Peterson co-founded BambooHR, the HR software company, with Ryan Sanders in 2008. He was its CEO until October 2019, when Brad Rencher took the role, and then became co-chairman of the board alongside Sanders.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersonben/

## What Ben builds

- [BambooHR](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bamboohr.md), graded C, 61.8/100, in HR & employee operations. HR system of record for small and medium-sized businesses, covering employee records, time off, hiring, onboarding and performance. Agents reach it through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, or a hosted MCP server in beta. Co-founder, BambooHR, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Ryan Sanders](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-sanders/), Co-founder, BambooHR

## Questions

### Who is Ben Peterson?

Ben Peterson co-founded BambooHR, the HR software company, with Ryan Sanders in 2008. He was its CEO until October 2019, when Brad Rencher took the role, and then became co-chairman of the board alongside Sanders.

### What does Bamboo HR LLC make?

Anchor Terminal lists BambooHR from Bamboo HR LLC.

### How are Ben's tools graded?

BambooHR is graded C, 61.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.bamboohr.com/about-bamboohr/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BambooHR
- https://www.bamboohr.com/contact
- https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/getting-started

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