Bryan Leach
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Early life and education
Leach was born in Nairobi, Kenya where his father worked at a car dealership and his mother was a nurse.[1] Leach's father had a dream of becoming an entrepreneur and moved the family to Cambridge, Massachusetts. After his father graduated from Harvard Business School, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2] Leach went on to attend Harvard University, Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, and Yale Law School.[3][1][2] He graduated from law school in 2005.[4]
Career
Legal work
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.[2][3][1]
From 2007 to 2011, Leach was a partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP where he helped establish its international arbitration practice.[5] 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.[1][2]
Ibotta
Leach founded Ibotta in 2011, and has since served as its Chief Executive Officer.[6][3][2] Through a network of partners, Ibotta provides cash-back rewards to consumers on various purchases.[7][8] In August 2019, Ibotta received a $1 billion valuation after its Series D funding.[6]
In June 2015, Leach received the Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Mountain-Desert region from Ernst & Young.[9] In June 2018, Leach was recognized as a Top 10 CEO in the US for small and medium-sized businesses by Glassdoor.com.[10] In November 2018, he was selected as CEO of the Year by COBiz magazine.[11]
Community involvement
Leach served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Colorado Academy and KIPP Colorado.[12][13]
In 2019, Leach and his wife made a gift to the Colorado Academy for a new Center for Performing Arts.[14] The Leach Center for Performing Arts replaced the former Froelicher Theatre, which was constructed in 1976.[14] This new theater 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.[15][14]
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