| Nathan Gwilliam | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | MBA |
| Alma Mater: | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Adoption.com |
| Years Active: | 1997–present |
| Organization: | Elevati, Adoption.com, Adoption.org, AdoptionGifts.com, Adopting.org |
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| Boards: | National Council for Adoption |
| Spouse: | Crystal Ullery Gwilliam |
| Children: | 3 |
Nathan W. Gwilliam is an entrepreneur, who is the founder CEO of Adoption.com,[1] which is the world's most-used adoption site, founded in 1997.[2] [3] Gwilliam has been inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by Family Services & Families Supporting Adoption in 2007[4] and was awarded the U.S. Congressional Coalition's Angels in Adoption award in 2017.[5]
Gwilliam started his first venture, Adoption.com in 1997 after winning a BYU Business Plan Competition, hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management, based on his business idea to use the Internet as a platform to help children get adopted.[6] [7]
In 2012, Nathan began working with Deseret Digital Media (DDM), where he helped the company to increase its online following from less than 100K to 40 million within a period of 18 months. He also launched FamilyShare.com, which reached 22 million monthly page views before he left the company.[3] He was also involved with a new Brazilian airline, Azul, along with a number of other ventures, as reported by Post Register.[8]
He served as the president of the More Good Foundation, a non-profit organization, which developed websites such as Christ.org, LDS.net, MormonChurch.com, ThomasMonson.com and ModernProphets.com.[9] He has been a speaker at a TEDx conference[10] and the National Adoption Conference. He serves on the board of directors of the National Council for Adoption.[11]
He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Brigham Young University.[3] Gwilliam has taught a course on Social innovation at Brigham Young University–Idaho.[12] [11] He is one of the founders of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.[11]