Kevin Ryan
Board Advisor
Founder & CEO, AlleyCorp
Often called the “Godfather of NYC tech,” Kevin Ryan is one of the
leading internet entrepreneurs and investors in New York. He is a
co-founder of MongoDB, Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, Nomad
Health, Pearl Health, and Transcend Therapeutics, and founds and
actively invests in new companies with AlleyCorp every year. Kevin
currently serves on 10 company boards.
Earlier in his career, Kevin helped to grow DoubleClick first as
President and then as CEO, leading their growth from a 20-person
startup to a publicly-traded global leader with over 1,500
employees, through IPO in 1998, and acquisition by Google in 2007.
Kevin has been a civic leader in New York at the city and state
level. Appointed by Governor Cuomo, he served on a three-member
Fast Food Wage Board that successfully advocated for a wage
increase for the state’s fast food workers. Kevin was also a
member of the state’s Backend Expenses Commission, advising on
spending and enhancing efficiencies, as well as the MTA commission
focused on engaging startups and new technologies to improve
accessibility and congestion challenges in New York. Additionally,
Kevin served on the board of the Trust for Governors Island.
Kevin serves on the Board of Tech:NYC, where he is a founding
member and chairs the Policy Committee. He is also the Vice
Chairman of The Partnership for New York City, a Director Emeritus
at Human Rights Watch, and a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations. Previously, Kevin held positions on the boards of Yale
University, Yale University Press, INSEAD, Mercy Corps, The NYC
Investment Fund, the advisory board of Doctors Without Borders,
and the Yale International Council.
Actively engaged in philanthropy, Kevin and his wife Pascaline
Servan-Schreiber support organizations including University of the
People, The Marshall Project, MLT, Endeavor, Fund for Public
Health in NYC, and the Center for Mindful Learning. He continues
to be one of the leading funders of the Yale Program for
Psychedelic Science. AlleyCorp also invests out of a dedicated
Social Impact vertical, which funds both for-profit companies and
nonprofit entities dedicated to building technology solutions for
low-income and underserved families.
Kevin has been recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst &
Young, LLP, featured as one of The 100 Most Influential New
Yorkers of the Past 25 Years by The Observer, and named one of the
50 Most Influential Business People by Crain’s New York Business,
where he was later inducted into the Hall of Fame.