In 2015, then-Missouri Governor Jay Nixon awarded Jim Eberlin the Governor’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, in recognition of his success in founding not one, but three start-up companies, beginning with Host Analytics in 2001 and followed by Gainsight (formerly JBara Software) in 2011 and TopOPPs in 2014.

Eberlin earned his bachelor’s degree in business and accounting in the Simon School of Business.

Since its founding, TopOPPS has raised more than $4 million and now employs more than 20 tech and sales-savvy professionals in St. Louis. This success has made Eberlin one of the highest-grossing single entrepreneurs for venture capital currently active in the state.