Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves is the Founder & CEO of Saltwater, his family office, incubation, and investment firm. The Saltwater portfolio holds GPX, a logistics SaaS business bringing transparency to comlex supply chains, Mayven Studios, a world class software design and development firm, and Quillt Media a multi-brand content to commerce business.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of charity:water, Pachama Inc, and Metromile. Formerly, he served as Board Director and SVP Global Operations for Uber Technologies Inc. from founding to IPO.

Graves was the first employee, first CEO, and a member of Uber’s founding team.

Ryan's career has been a mix of business and technology roles ranging from startups such as Uber and foursquare to corporations such as General Electric and CNA Insurance.

Graves currently resides on Kauai with his wife and 4 sons, and holds a BA in Economics from Miami University (OH).