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  "markdown": "Chief Executive Officer, Semrush.\n\nBill Wagner became chief executive of Semrush in March 2025, after joining its board in September 2022. He was previously president and chief executive of GoTo Group, formerly LogMeIn, and before that held COO and CMO roles at Vocus and Fiberlink.\n\n## What Bill builds\n\n- [Semrush API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/semrush.md), graded D, 53.2/100, in SEO \u0026 search visibility. Semrush is a search marketing data platform, owned by Adobe since April 2026. Agents reach its keyword, backlink, ranking and traffic data through REST APIs with API keys or a hosted MCP server that spends the same API units. Chief Executive Officer, Semrush, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Oleg Shchegolev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/oleg-shchegolev/), Co-founder and CTO, Semrush\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Bill Wagner?\n\nBill Wagner became chief executive of Semrush in March 2025, after joining its board in September 2022. He was previously president and chief executive of GoTo Group, formerly LogMeIn, and before that held COO and CMO roles at Vocus and Fiberlink.\n\n### What does Semrush Inc. (an Adobe company) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Semrush API + MCP from Semrush Inc. (an Adobe company). Semrush is a search marketing data platform, owned by Adobe since April 2026. Agents reach its keyword, backlink, ranking and traffic data through REST APIs with API keys or a hosted MCP server that spends the same API units.\n\n### How are Bill's tools graded?\n\nSemrush API + MCP is graded D, 53.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.semrush.com/\n- https://www.semrush.com/company/contacts/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semrush\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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