Ryan Graves

About

Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Miami University.

He is the Founder/CEO of Saltwater Capital, a Board Member at Uber Technologies Inc. and a Board Member at charity: water. Ryan formerly served as the Head of Global Operations for Uber. In this position, he led the company’s business operations teams. Ryan drove Uber’s expansion as the company grew to more than 300 cities and 2,500 employees. He was Uber’s first employee.

Prior to Uber, Ryan focused on growth and business development for Foursquare and SocialDreamium. He also led enterprise resource planning and corporate restructuring at General Electric and CNA Insurance.

Ryan volunteers as a consultant for internet businesses and not-for-profit ventures.