MasterClass
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 201-500
- Offices
- 2
About MasterClass
MasterClass is an online education and streaming media company that produces cinematic video courses taught by prominent practitioners across the arts, business, food, writing, sports and other subjects. Founded in 2014, it launched its consumer streaming platform on May 12, 2015. Its approach combines episodic instruction, demonstrations and personal insights with the production techniques of entertainment programming.
The platform operates primarily through annual subscriptions, giving members access to more than 200 courses and over 2,500 lessons across 11 subject categories. These range from arts and entertainment, design and music to wellness, science and technology, community and government, and lifestyle. Lessons can be streamed through desktop, mobile and connected television applications, with supporting resources designed to extend learning beyond the videos.
Learning formats
Alongside its main course library, MasterClass offers several formats for individual learners and organizations:
- MasterClass Sessions provides structured, 30-day practical learning experiences with step-by-step projects and community peer reviews.
- MasterClass Certificates offers skills-based courses that culminate in professional certificates.
- MasterClass at Work serves corporate learning and development teams through seat licensing, administrative dashboards, integration tools and employee development programs.
- MasterClass Executive, introduced in 2026, provides cohort-based executive education centered on AI and business leadership.
Course resources include downloadable instructor workbooks, interactive exercises, audio-only listening and offline mobile downloads. These options support different ways of engaging with the material, from watching demonstrations to completing practical assignments or revisiting lessons away from a live internet connection.
MasterClass brings content production and digital distribution together within one business. Its California operations combine corporate and technology functions in San Francisco with creative development, production management and talent relations in Los Angeles. The resulting offering spans consumer education, hands-on project learning and professional development, while retaining a common emphasis on expert-led instruction and carefully produced video.
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Leadership
David Rogier is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. The report also identifies Valen Tong as Chief Financial Officer, David Schriber as Chief Marketing Officer and Len Amato as Chief Content Officer. Co-founder Aaron Rasmussen departed in 2017.
Collaboration and operating model
MasterClass Executive was developed with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and OpenAI. Its format combines live virtual sessions, interactive labs, custom AI tutoring and practical AI application exercises.
The report describes a distributed organization that supplements its California facilities with remote talent across North America following post-pandemic restructuring.
Milestones
MasterClass's May 2021 Series F raised $225 million at a reported valuation of $2.75 billion. Investors named in the report include NEA, IVP, Fidelity Management & Research, Baillie Gifford, Atomico and Owl Ventures.
Following the May 2022 HitRecord acquisition, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jared Geller joined MasterClass as VPs of Creative Innovation. The report states that HitRecord retained its independent creative community and production identity.
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Where MasterClass is based
- San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 475 Brannan Street, Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94107 Operational and administrative headquarters supporting executive leadership, product management, engineering, finance, legal, marketing and platform architecture. --- **Office** Status: active Address: 660 4th Street, Suite 443, San Francisco, CA 94107 Corporate registered and mailing premises, separately identified from the operational headquarters.
- 6161 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 208, Los Angeles, CA 90038Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
About this office
Production and creative branch supporting video production management, talent relations, creative direction, cinematography and post-production staging.
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