| Matthew Pierce | |
| Birth Date: | December 3, 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University (B.A.) UCLA Anderson (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation: | Co-founder & CEO, O Labs [1] |
| Spouse: | Magdalena Sandoval |
Matthew Pierce (born December 3, 1977) is an entrepreneur, university lecturer, and game designer. He is a former NCAA Champion and was a member of the United States Men's National Swim Team.
Matthew Pierce attended Stanford University, where he was a member of the men's swimming and diving team. The team won the NCAA Championship in 1998.[2] Pierce was an All-American, an NCAA Champion in the 200-yard butterfly [3] and a gold medalist at the World University Games for USA Swimming.
After graduating from Stanford, Pierce co-founded Rosum Corporation which was later acquired by TruePosition.[4] He then moved to Los Angeles, received his MBA at UCLA Anderson and became VP of Strategy at Originate. Matthew now serves as co-founder and CEO of O Labs,[5] [6] a joint venture between Originate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and ICM Partners. O Labs incubates and operates early-stage portfolio companies that attempt to address the needs of large enterprises.[7] [8] Pierce is a regular contributor to Southern California's Silicon Beach and the Los Angeles startup community.[9]
Pierce is a lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a visiting scholar in UCLA’s Economics Department, where he teaches entrepreneurship.
Pierce is also a game designer, serving as founder and chief creative officer of Robot Dinosaur Games. He created the game Scenarium[10] [11] and co-founded Versus, a real-money video game tournament platform backed by O Labs.