Ryan Cummins

Co-founder at USC Marshall School of Business

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USC Marshall School of Business

Ryan Cummins has spent over two decades launching purpose-driven companies and philanthropic campaigns creating global impact.

In 2012, Ryan co-founded Omaze, an online fundraising platform that makes giving fun and easy by offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences and dream rewards in support of critical causes. Omaze has disrupted traditional models of fundraising while raising over $250M for over 500 charities through campaigns with influencers ranging from Bono to Malala, Serena Williams, Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lawrence, Star Wars and many more.

Earlier in his career, Ryan was the executive producer of "Decade of Difference", a globally-televised philanthropic concert that enlisted Bill Gates, Tony Blair, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Ben Stiller, Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and other influencers in film, music, politics and sports to raise funds for the critical work of non-profits worldwide.

Before that Ryan created Untitled Thinkers, a media property based on a series of intimate conversations he filmed with 120 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners, MacArthur Geniuses, Pulitzer Awardees and Internet Pioneers.

Ryan began his career in cause content as the first director on “Live Earth,” the largest concert ever thrown, featuring 150 artists in seven major cities all on the same day, dedicated to raising awareness for the environment.

He’s served on the Cordaid North American Leadership Council for International Relief, the Los Angeles Mayor’s Council for Tech & Innovation, as an advisor to multiple mission-driven startups, and has been a delegate of both the Skoll World Forum and Bill and Melinda Gates Goalkeepers. He holds a BA in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson where he was awarded the prestigious Wolfen Fellowship.

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