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kevin p. ryan
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kevin p. ryan

kevin p. ryan is an american internet entrepreneur in the united states who has founded several new york-based businesses , including gilt groupe , business insider , zola registry and mongodb , and helped build doubleclick from 1996 to 2005 , first as president and later as ceo .
he fostered doubleclick 's growth from a 20-person startup to a global leader with over 1,500 employees .
ryan built doubleclick into a multi-billion dollar global industry leader .
under his direction , doubleclick was awarded the title of `` new york company of the year '' by `` silicon alley reporter '' .
doubleclick was sold in 2005 for $ 1.1 billion to hellman and friedman llc , and ryan stepped down as ceo shortly thereafter .
doubleclick was acquired by google for $ 3.1 billion in march 2008 .
after leaving doubleclick , ryan , along with former doubleclick cto and co-founder , dwight merriman , founded alleycorp , a network of three affiliated internet companies of which he is chairman and ceo .
ryan was named one of the `` 50 most influential business people '' by crain 's new york business , and was included in vanity fair 's `` 2011 new establishment list . ''
currently , kevin serves on the board of human rights watch , yale university , the nyc investment fund and insead , and is a member of the yale international council and the council on foreign relations .
he holds a b.a. from yale university and an m.b.a. from insead .
