--- description: Find out why Ramp was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Ramp image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c788dc1da7b83/698a3dca457a529951d67af5/time100-companies-Ramp-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Ramp Automating expenses by Don Steinberg  A Ramp business credit card. A Ramp business credit card.Courtesy of Ramp Notching an $8.1 billion valuation just three years after being founded is striking, even for a tech startup. While many [fin­tech](https://time.com/6259465/sec-crypto-crackdown/ "undefined") companies struggled last year, Ramp’s meteoric rise accelerated. The business-expense-software firm saw revenues quadruple as its customers looked to stay lean through inflation. Ramp’s Visa cards are tied to employer-­set policies, so employees instantly know if charges are approved; reports and receipts aren’t always needed. Employers get alerts about duplicate expenses and items they may be overpaying for. “We’re trying to create things that people have wanted for a long time, but banks never built,” says CEO and co-founder Eric Glyman. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285147/ramp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285147/ramp/"},"headline":"Ramp","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:15:37.487Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285147/ramp/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c788dc1da7b83/698a3dca457a529951d67af5/time100-companies-Ramp-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Don Steinberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/don-steinberg-3/"}],"creator":"Don Steinberg","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c788dc1da7b83/698a3dca457a529951d67af5/time100-companies-Ramp-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285147/ramp/","name":"Ramp"}}]}] ```