| Bryan Leach | |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Education: | Harvard University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil) Yale University (JD) |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur and lawyer |
| Known For: | Founder and CEO of Ibotta |
Bryan Leach is an American entrepreneur and former lawyer. He is the founder and CEO of Ibotta.
Leach was born in Nairobi, Kenya.[1] The family migrated to the U.S. and after his father graduated from Harvard Business School, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia.[2] Leach went on to attend Harvard University, Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, and Yale Law School.[3]
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.
Leach was a partner at the Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott law firm.[4] 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.[5]
See main article: article and Ibotta. Leach founded Ibotta in 2011, and has since served as its chief executive officer.[6] Ibotta is a technology company that provides cash back rewards to consumers on qualifying purchases through its network of publisher partners and along with its direct-to-consumer properties.[7] [8] [9]
Under Leach's leadership, Ibotta reached a $1 billion valuation in 2019 after its Series D funding.[10] Ibotta became a publicly traded company in April 2024 with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange[11] and partners with retailers such as Walmart, Dollar General and Coca-Cola.[12]
In June 2015, Leach received the Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Mountain-Desert region from Ernst & Young.[13] In June 2018, Leach was recognized as a Top 10 CEO in the US for small and medium-sized businesses by Glassdoor.com.[14]
Leach served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Colorado Academy and KIPP Colorado.[15] [16]
In 2019, Leach and his wife made a gift to the Colorado Academy for a new Center for Performing Arts.[17] The Leach Center for Performing Arts replaced the former Froelicher Theatre, which was constructed in 1976.[18] 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.