Kevin P. Ryan is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. He serves as the Founder and CEO of Gilt Groupe and prior to November 2010, he was the company's Executive Chairman.
Ryan was CEO of DoubleClick, which he joined in 1996, and over the next nine years built into a multi-billion dollar global industry leader. Under his direction, DoubleClick was awarded the title of New York Company of the Year by The Silicon Silicon Alley Reporter.
Ryan was named one of the "50 Most Influential Business People" by Crain's New York Business. DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman LLC, and Ryan stepped down as CEO shortly thereafter. DoubleClick was acquired by Google for $3.1 billion in March 2008. After leaving DoubleClick, Ryan, along with former DoubleClick CTO and co-founder, Dwight Merriman, founded AlleyCorp, a network of four affiliated Internet companies of which he is Chairman and CEO.
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Current companies in the AlleyCorp network include:
Gilt Groupe is an online retailer based in the United States. Founded by Ryan in 2007, Gilt Groupe stages online "flash sales", offering women's, men's and children's designer apparel and accessories, designer home goods and high-end travel destinations at discounted prices in a limited time sale format, typically 36 to 48 hours.
Ryan and Merriman branched into other lifestyle genres including Gilt City, a nationwide local services and experiences leader, and Jetsetter. Gilt Groupe has raised nearly $80 million to date; its investors include Matrix Partners and General Atlantic Partners.
Ryan is an angel investor in TheLadders.com. He also was an early investor and board member of HotJobs, which was purchased by Yahoo! for $450 million in 2002.
While working at United Media, Ryan launched the Dilbert Web site, based on the popular comic strip created by Scott Adams.[1] Serving as Senior VP of Business and Finance, he helped lead a restructuring effort that increased United Media's profits fivefold. Ryan spent time with Euro Disney in France, and as an investment banker with Prudential Investment Corporation in the US and the UK.[2]
Ryan serves on the board of directors for Human Rights Watch, The NYC Investment Fund and INSEAD and most recently, the Partnership for New York City.
He is also a member of the Yale International Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has served in the past on the boards of the Direct Marketing Association, the Ad Council, Hotjobs and on the Advisory Board for Doctors Without Borders.
In June 2009, Ryan was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, LLP.
Ryan earned his B.A. from Yale University in 1985 and his M.B.A. from INSEAD in 1990.