Rich Riley

Rich joined Shazam as CEO in 2013. Under his leadership,the company has more than doubled its user base, become one of the highest-rated apps in the world, surpassed one billion downloads and achieved profitability. Prior to Shazam, Rich spent 13 years at Yahoo!, where his most recent roles were on the Executive Management team, including leading the Americas region and the EMEA region. He joined Yahoo! in 1999 when it acquired his company Log-Me-On.com, which invented the toolbar. Rich received his BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves on the Entrepreneurial Advisory Board while remaining an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). Rich has also been named to the Billboard Power 100 for the past three years, and featured on Fortune’s 40 Under 40: Ones to Watch list.