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Comment: @ToadetteEdit indicated in a talk page discussion that this draft was declined in error. I haven't been able to get a reply so I am resubmitting this draft. Content has been expanded per feedback from other editors and reliable sources have been added that should address the issues. Thank you!Flyguyz93 (talk) 17:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: If I understand right, BL's noteworthiness is primarily that of CEO of Ibotta. But there's next to nothing here about him as CEO. How (of course according to reliable sources) would the company be different if the CEO were somebody else? Or maybe it's that he was the company's founder; but about the founding there's just a little anecdote about having seen something while on a plane. (For one thing, I'd have thought that in order to found the company, he'd have needed a pile of money. If indeed so, then where did the money come from?) Hoary (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: There is currently a redirect from the title of this draft. If this draft is accepted, the redirect should be deleted, because the hatnote at the top of this page will take its place.You may ask about redirects and hatnotes at the Teahouse. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:09, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: @Robert McClenon Great question - I also answered you on my talk page. This Bryan Leach is CEO of Ibotta and was clerk at the SCOTUS.Flyguyz93 (talk) 17:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Is he the founder of Polo Grounds Music, or is that a different person with the same name? Robert McClenon (talk) 05:32, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
Bryan Leach is an American entrepreneur and former lawyer. He is the founder and CEO of Ibotta.
Early life and education
[edit]Leach was born in Nairobi, Kenya. The family migrated to the U.S. and after his father graduated from Harvard Business School, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Leach went on to attend Harvard University, Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, and Yale Law School.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Legal work
[edit]In 2006, after graduating from Yale Law School, Leach spent a year serving as a law clerk for Justice David Souter at the U.S. Supreme Court.[2]
Leach was a partner at the Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP law firm.[3] While at Bartlit Beck, Leach conceived the idea for Ibotta when he was on a flight and saw someone using a phone to take photos of business cards and receipts in order to submit expenses.[4]
Ibotta
[edit]Leach founded Ibotta in 2011, and has since served as its chief executive officer.[5] Ibotta is a mobile shopping app that provides cash back rewards to consumers on qualifying purchases including groceries, general merchandise and other goods/services.[6][7]
Under Leach's leadership, Ibotta reached a $1 billion valuation in 2019 after its Series D funding.[8] Ibotta became a publicly traded company in April 2024 with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange[9] and partners with retailers such as Walmart, Dollar General and Coca-Cola.[9][10]
In June 2015, Leach received the Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Mountain-Desert region from Ernst & Young.[11] In June 2018, Leach was recognized as a Top 10 CEO in the US for small and medium-sized businesses by Glassdoor.com.[12]
Community involvement
[edit]Leach served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Colorado Academy and KIPP Colorado.[13][14]
In 2019, Leach and his wife made a gift to the Colorado Academy for a new Center for Performing Arts.[15] The Leach Center for Performing Arts replaced the former Froelicher Theatre, which was constructed in 1976.[16] This new theatre opened in August 2021 and was the fourth and final building of the See it Through capital campaign. Leach's gift also helped create a speech and debate program at CA.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Thought Leader: Bryan Leach gave up a lot to launch Ibotta". The Business Journals. Archived from the original on 10 Dec 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ a b "The story behind Denver's most popular mobile app and why it needed to change". The Denver Post. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Ex-Colorado solicitor general, Bartlit Beck alums launch new law firm". Reuters.
- ^ "Why Bryan Leach Left His Law Firm To Help Others Save Money". Yahoo Finance. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2019-08-06). "Cashback and rebate startup Ibotta secures funding at a $1 billion valuation". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (2016-03-31). "The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Denver-based Ibotta files to go public in $100 million stock offering". The Denver Post. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Chernova, Yuliya. "Denver Startup Ibotta Reaches $1 Billion Valuation". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ a b "Walmart-Backed Ibotta Rises 17% After $577 Million IPO". Bloomberg. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Investors Rush to Buy Ibotta Stock in its IPO". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Ibotta, Inc's Founder & CEO, Bryan Leach is an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015". delimarketnews.com.
- ^ Skilling, Chaney (2018-06-21). "Glassdoor puts Ibotta chief on list of 2018 Top CEOs". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Colorado Academy. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Special to The Denver Post (2008-11-24). "People on the move". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Lee, Allen (2020-03-20). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ibotta CEO Bryan Leach". Money Inc. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ a b Communications (2019-02-12). "$3 million gift sets stage for new Center for the Performing Arts". Colorado Academy News. Retrieved 2024-05-09.