Tom Ryan (business executive) explained

Tom Ryan
Birth Name:Thomas V. Ryan
Birth Date:18 March 1969
Education:Dartmouth CollegeINSEAD in France
Occupation:CEO and President
Employer:Paramount Streaming

Tom Ryan is the co-founder of Pluto TV and CEO and President of Streaming at Paramount Global.[1] [2] He oversees the company's global direct-to-consumer division,[3] which includes paid and free streaming through businesses such as Paramount+ and Pluto TV.[4]

Education

Ryan has an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD in France.[5] [6] [7]

Career

Early years

Tom Ryan's entrepreneurial career began in 1996 when he co-founded Cductive, an early digital music retail company that Ryan later sold to EMusic in 1999,[8] [9] that same year he became an advisor for EMusic. Following this, in 2002, he was a Mobile Music Consultant with Virgin Mobile USA.[10] [11] From 2004-2007, Ryan was the Senior vice-president of Digital Strategy at EMI Music.[12] [13] [14] In 2007 he held the position of "Entrepreneur-in-Residence" of Bessemer Venture Partners until 2008. From 2008-2012, Ryan was CEO of the crowdsourced design community and e-commerce company, Threadless.[15] [16]

Pluto TV

In 2013, Ryan co-founded Pluto TV,[17] [18] making him one of the first to bring Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) services to the market.[19] [20] It was launched in 2014. In 2019, he sold the company to Paramount (at the time ViacomCBS) for $340 million,[21] [22] and stayed on as CEO.[23] By 2021, Pluto TV had over $1 billion in annual revenue.[24]

Paramount Global Streaming

In October 2020, Tom Ryan was named President and CEO of Streaming at Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS Streaming).[25] In 2024, under his leadership, the direct-to-consumer segment had its first profitable quarter since the launch of Paramount+ in March 2021.[26] [27]

Board roles

Ryan is the current Chairman of the board of Struck Studio.[28] He has been a founding board member of Smule, a social music site, since 2008. Ryan has been a Venture Advisor on the board of Felix Capital since 2015[29] and Fund Advisor of SignalFire since 2017. He was previously on the board of Society6, which was acquired by Leaf Group in 2013[30] from 2010-2013 and Trunk Club[31] from 2011-2014. He was an angel investor in both Smule and Trunk Club.[32]

Recognition

In 2021, he was recognized as the Fastest Growing Brand in America for Paramount.[33] In 2022, Ryan received the NATPE's inaugural "Award for Executive Leadership in Global Streaming".[34] [35] And was also a Variety500 Honoree from Variety.[36] In 2023, Stream TV awarded Ryan "CEO of the Year" & awarded Pluto TV "Streaming Platform of the Year";[37] [38] that same year Pluto TV received a Webby Award for the "People's Voice Winner" for Best Streaming Service.[39] In 2024, the NATAS revealed that Pluto TV would receive the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards for Pioneering Development of Manifest-based Playout for FAST.[40] That same year he was named on both the LA500[41] and FAST30[42] lists.

Patent

Issued on February 9, 2016 on Methods and Systems for Generating and Providing Program Guides and Content.[43]

Personal life

Ryan lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children.[44]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blancaflor . Saleah . April 21, 2024 . Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming . July 11, 2024 . Fast Company.
  2. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-07-11 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  3. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-07-11 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  4. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-07-11 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  5. Web site: A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless Built in Chicago . 2024-07-11 . Built In . en.
  6. Web site: 2016-12-02 . Tom Ryan Irish America . 2024-07-11 . en-US.
  7. Web site: May 19, 2019 . Tom Ryan .
  8. Web site: A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless Built in Chicago . 2024-07-11 . Built In . en.
  9. Web site: 2016-12-02 . Tom Ryan Irish America . 2024-07-11 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Spangler . Todd . 2014-03-31 . Pluto.TV Launches 'Live' Web-Video Service with Backing from UTA's Jeremy Zimmer, Terry Semel . 2024-07-11 . Variety . en-US.
  11. Web site: May 19, 2019 . Tom Ryan . July 11, 2024.
  12. Web site: 2016-12-02 . Tom Ryan Irish America . 2024-07-12 . en-US.
  13. Web site: Robinson . Keela . 2021-05-19 . Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report . 2024-07-12 . Variety . en-US.
  14. Web site: A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless Built in Chicago . 2024-07-12 . Built In . en.
  15. Web site: A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless Built in Chicago . 2024-07-12 . Built In . en.
  16. Web site: Jarvey . Natalie . 2021-03-08 . Viacom CBS Streaming Exec on How to Navigate Massive Paramount+ Content Library . 2024-07-12 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  17. Web site: Rodriguez . Ashley . The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019 . 2024-07-12 . Business Insider . en-US.
  18. Web site: Spangler . Todd . 2014-03-31 . Pluto.TV Launches 'Live' Web-Video Service with Backing from UTA's Jeremy Zimmer, Terry Semel . 2024-07-12 . Variety . en-US.
  19. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-07-12 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  20. Web site: April 21, 2024 . Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming . July 10, 2024 . Fast Company.
  21. Web site: Blancaflor . Saleah . April 21, 2024 . Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming . July 11, 2024 . Fast Company.
  22. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-07-12 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  23. Web site: Spangler . Todd . 2024-04-01 . Paramount Streaming CEO Tom Ryan on Pluto TV Turning 10, What's Next for Paramount+ and More: Streaming Biz Is 'Underestimated by the Market' . 2024-07-12 . Variety . en-US.
  24. Web site: Ifeanyi . KC . How Paramount+ became a top contender in the streaming wars . Fast Company . 12 August 2024.
  25. Web site: Spangler . Todd . 2020-10-20 . ViacomCBS Streaming Shake-Up: Pluto TV's Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division, Marc DeBevoise Steps Down . 2024-07-12 . Variety . en-US.
  26. Web site: Alexander . Julia . 2021-02-24 . Everything to know about Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS's new version of CBS All Access . 2024-07-12 . The Verge . en.
  27. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Paramount reports first quarter of streaming profits, plans 15% layoff and takes $6 billion charge on cable business . 2024-08-26 . Yahoo Finance . en-US.
  28. Web site: Team . 2024-07-25 . Struck Capital . en.
  29. Web site: Lunden . Ingrid . 2015-06-03 . New London VC Firm Felix Capital Launches With $120M Fund And Team Of Elite Advisors . 2024-09-28 . TechCrunch . en-US.
  30. Web site: Peter Caranicas, Todd Longwell, Robert Marich . May 19, 2021 . Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report . July 15, 2024 . Variety.
  31. Web site: 19 May 2019 . Tom Ryan . Los Angeles Business Journal.
  32. Web site: Rodriguez . Ashley . The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019 . 2024-07-16 . Business Insider . en-US.
  33. Web site: Ranking: Fastest Growing Brands 2021 . 2024-10-04 . Morning Consult . en-US.
  34. Web site: Gruenwedel . Erik . 2022-10-04 . Paramount Global's Tom Ryan Given Inaugural NATPE Award for Leadership in Global Streaming . 2024-08-15 . Media Play News . en-US.
  35. Web site: Burton . Carson . 2022-08-11 . Paramount’s Tom Ryan to Receive NATPE’s Inaugural Leadership in Global Streaming Award . 2024-08-15 . Variety . en-US.
  36. Web site: Eriksen . Kaare . 2017-04-06 . Tom Ryan . 2024-09-23 . Variety . en.
  37. Web site: Winners StreamTV Show . 2024-08-26 . www.streamtvshow.com . en.
  38. Web site: LLC . Questex . 2023-06-13 . Questex Announces the 2023 StreamTV Awards Winners . 2024-08-26 . GlobeNewswire News Room . en.
  39. Web site: NEW Webby Gallery + Index . 2024-10-22 . NEW Webby Gallery + Index . en.
  40. Web site: Team . The Deadline . 2024-02-21 . NATAS Reveals Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Recipients . 2024-09-13 . Deadline . en-US.
  41. Web site: LABJ . 2024-06-03 . LA500 2024: Tom Ryan . 2024-09-13 . Los Angeles Business Journal . en-US.
  42. Web site: May 27, 2024 . FAST30 2024: The Movers and Shakers in the Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV Arena . September 13, 2024 . Media Play News.
  43. Web site: Unified Patents - Analytics Portal . 2024-09-13 . portal.unifiedpatents.com.
  44. Web site: 2016-12-02 . Tom Ryan Irish America . 2024-07-12 . en-US.

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