Company: IBTA
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017508
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Company: Ibotta, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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. Leach founded Ibotta in 2011, when he realized the need for a more innovative approach to connecting CPG brands, retailers, and consumers through technology. Today, the Company runs a leading digital promotions network in the CPG industry, called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). Ibotta also operates a popular direct-to-consumer cash back app, which has garnered over 50 million registered users. Since inception, the Company has credited over $2.3 billion in cash back and discounts, which has helped consumers pay for life’s necessities. Mr. Leach is a frequent commentator on digital and performance marketing. He has been recognized as a Top 10 CEO in the United States (for small/medium size businesses) by Glassdoor.com, CEO of the Year by ColoradoBiz magazine, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region.

Prior to Ibotta, Mr. Leach was a partner at Bartlit Beck LLP, a leading law firm, and served as a law clerk for Justice David Souter at the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge José Cabranes at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Leach holds an A.B. degree in Social Studies from Harvard College, a Masters of Philosophy degree in Economic and Social History from Oxford University (where he was a British Marshall Scholar) and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He has climbed to the summit of Colorado’s 58 tallest mountains, each over 14,000 feet in elevation.

We believe that, as the Founder of the Company, Mr. Leach’s knowledge of the Company, experience building and leading the Company, and perspective as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Stephen Bailey, Director. Mr. Bailey joined our Board of Directors in February 2024. Mr. Bailey has served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ExecOnline, Inc., a leading provider of B2B leadership development solutions, since 2011. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Product Officer of Frontier Strategy Group, LLC, a software and information services business, from January 2006 to May 2011. Before joining Frontier Strategy Group, Mr. Bailey was an associate in the venture capital and private equity group of WilmerHale. Since June 2020, Mr. Bailey has served on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Match Group, Inc., a digital technology company designed to help people make connections. Mr