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'''Tom Ryan''' is the founder of [[Pluto TV]] and CEO and President of Streaming at [[Paramount Global]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blancaflor |first=Saleah |date=April 21, 2024 |title=Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91088015/paramount-streaming-ceo-pluto-future-fast-tv-tom-ryan |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Fast Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> He oversees the company's global direct-to-consumer division.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> This includes paid and free streaming through businesses such as [[Paramount+]] and Pluto TV.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Tom Ryan''' is the founder of [[Pluto TV]] and CEO and President of Streaming at [[Paramount Global]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blancaflor |first=Saleah |date=April 21, 2024 |title=Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91088015/paramount-streaming-ceo-pluto-future-fast-tv-tom-ryan |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Fast Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> He oversees the company's global direct-to-consumer division,<ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> which includes paid and free streaming through businesses such as [[Paramount+]] and Pluto TV.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LABJ |date=2024-06-03 |title=LA500 2024: Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/la500-2024/media-entertainment/la500-2024-tom-ryan/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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== Advisor roles ==
== Advisor roles ==
Ryan is a founding board member of [[Smule (app)|Smule]], a social music site. He was previously on the board of [[Trunk Club]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/tom-ryan/ |website=Los Angeles Business Journal|date=19 May 2019 }}</ref> and [[Society6]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter Caranicas, Todd Longwell, Robert Marich |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report |url=https://variety.com/lists/silicon-valley-hollywood-report/keela-robison/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=Variety}}</ref>
Ryan is a founding board member of [[Smule (app)|Smule]], a social music site. He was previously on the board of [[Trunk Club]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Ryan |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/tom-ryan/ |website=Los Angeles Business Journal|date=19 May 2019 }}</ref> and [[Society6]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter Caranicas, Todd Longwell, Robert Marich |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report |url=https://variety.com/lists/silicon-valley-hollywood-report/keela-robison/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=Variety}}</ref> He was an angel investor in bot Smule and Trunk Club.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Ashley |title=The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/power-player-execs-of-free-ad-supported-streaming-video-avod-2019-9 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 21:57, 16 July 2024

Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan at NATPE Streaming+
Born
Thomas V. Ryan
Occupation(s)CEO and President
EmployerParamount Streaming

Tom Ryan is the 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 when he co-founded Cductive, an early digital music retail company that Ryan later sold to EMusic in 1999.[8][9] Following this, he had a postition with Virgin Mobile USA.[10][11]

In 2008, Ryan became CEO of the graphic T-shirt retailer, Threadless.[12][13]

Prior to founding Pluto TV, Ryan was the Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy at EMI Music.[14][15][16]

Pluto TV

In 2014, 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] In 2019, he sold the company to Paramount (at the time ViacomCBS) for $340 million,[21][22] and stayed as CEO.[23]

Paramount Global Streaming

In October 2020, Tom Ryan was named President and CEO of Streaming at Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS Streaming).[24] Under his leadership, the company launched Paramount+ in March 2021.[25]

Advisor roles

Ryan is a founding board member of Smule, a social music site. He was previously on the board of Trunk Club[26] and Society6.[27] He was an angel investor in bot Smule and Trunk Club.[28]

Personal life

Ryan lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children.[29]

References

  1. ^ 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". Fast Company. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  2. ^ LABJ (2024-06-03). "LA500 2024: Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  3. ^ LABJ (2024-06-03). "LA500 2024: Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ LABJ (2024-06-03). "LA500 2024: Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  5. ^ "A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless | Built In Chicago". Built In. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. ^ "Tom Ryan | Irish America". 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  7. ^ "Tom Ryan". May 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless | Built In Chicago". Built In. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  9. ^ "Tom Ryan | Irish America". 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  10. ^ Spangler, Todd (2014-03-31). "Pluto.TV Launches 'Live' Web-Video Service with Backing from UTA's Jeremy Zimmer, Terry Semel". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  11. ^ "Tom Ryan". May 19, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless | Built In Chicago". Built In. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  13. ^ Jarvey, Natalie (2021-03-08). "Viacom CBS Streaming Exec on How to Navigate Massive Paramount+ Content Library". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  14. ^ "Tom Ryan | Irish America". 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  15. ^ Robinson, Keela (2021-05-19). "Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  16. ^ "A Great Example of Innovation From Tom Ryan, CEO Threadless | Built In Chicago". Built In. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  17. ^ Rodriguez, Ashley. "The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  18. ^ Spangler, Todd (2014-03-31). "Pluto.TV Launches 'Live' Web-Video Service with Backing from UTA's Jeremy Zimmer, Terry Semel". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  19. ^ LABJ (2024-06-03). "LA500 2024: Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  20. ^ "Paramount Streaming's CEO launched Pluto TV 10 years ago. Here's what he thinks about the future of free streaming". Fast Company. April 21, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  21. ^ 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". Fast Company. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  22. ^ LABJ (2024-06-03). "LA500 2024: Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  23. ^ 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'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  24. ^ Spangler, Todd (2020-10-20). "ViacomCBS Streaming Shake-Up: Pluto TV's Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division, Marc DeBevoise Steps Down". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  25. ^ Alexander, Julia (2021-02-24). "Everything to know about Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS's new version of CBS All Access". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  26. ^ "Tom Ryan". Los Angeles Business Journal. 19 May 2019.
  27. ^ Peter Caranicas, Todd Longwell, Robert Marich (May 19, 2021). "Variety's Inaugural Silicon Valleywood Impact Report". Variety. Retrieved July 15, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Rodriguez, Ashley. "The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  29. ^ "Tom Ryan | Irish America". 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

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