Tobias Lütke (born 1980[1]) is a German-Canadian entrepreneur and racing driver who is the co-founder and CEO of Shopify, an e-commerce company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[4][5][6][7] He has been part of the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created open source libraries such as Active Merchant.

[10] Lütke cites John Carmack's .plan-files from the mid-1990's as "making a huge impression"[16] on him as a teenager and calls them a "a master class in systems design".

The company has historically defended free speech in commerce, including hosting controversial clients like the far-right online tabloid Breitbart in 2017.

[29] In 2025, Lütke entered the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship to compete in the LMP2 class driving for Era Motorsport alongside co-drivers Paul-Loup Chatin, Ryan Dalziel, and David Heinemeier Hansson.