Ryan Breslow

Ryan Breslow is the cofounder and executive chairman of Bolt. After cofounding the company and serving as CEO for seven years, Breslow resigned as CEO and stayed on as executive chairman in January 2022.

He is also the cofounder of Eco, a digital global cryptocurrency platform that can be used as a payment tool for daily-use transactions. In addition to his business ventures, he is also the founder of the nonprofits Conscious Culture, an organization focused on bridging humanity with execution in the workplace, and The Movement, a nonprofit offering free dance classes in Miami, New York City, and Los Angeles. He most recently cofounded Love Health, a pharma venture.

Breslow lives in Miami, and his net worth is estimated at $2 billion, making him one of the world's youngest billionaires at age twenty-seven.

Breslow cofounded Bolt with Eric Feldman in 2014. Bolt is developing a checkout experience platform that helps retailers convert and retain more of their shoppers. Bolt customers include Forever 21, Badgley Mischka, Lucky Brand, and Brooks Brothers. Breslow was CEO for seven years until stepping down in January 2022 and remained as executive chairman. He has raised over $1 billion for Bolt, and the company has been valued at $11 billion.

Prior to founding Bolt, Breslow spent years familiarizing himself with online checkout from the inside out. Starting in high school, he spent six years building e-commerce sites for businesses of all sizes—from small, mom-and-pop shops to large corporations. It was during this time that he experienced first-hand the shortcomings of the online commerce space, which inspired him to design a better alternative.

Breslow cofounded Eco, a digital global cryptocurrency platform that can be used as a payment tool for daily-use transactions. Eco offers an all-in-one digital wallet with rewards and no fees. Eco's other cofounders include Henry Ault, Joey Krug, Ryne Saxe,and Garrett Camp, Uber's cofounder.

Together with Bolt, he launched the Conscious Culture movement in 2021 to open-source all of Bolt’s cultural guidelines with the rest of the internet, inspiring other companies to bridge humanity with execution in the workplace.

Conscious Culture is a rising generation of founders and leaders who question the status quo and fundamentally believe that a "Conscious Culture," one that bridges humanity with execution, is possible. The idea of a Conscious Culture was created by Breslow and the team at Bolt and was inspired by Matt Mochary, an early advisor and now founding partner of Conscious Culture.

Breslow helped launch the Four-Day WorkWeek as a project under Conscious Culture, promoting four-day workweeks. He instituted this concept at Bolt.

In January 2022, Breslow cofounded a new pharma venture. Breslow founded the startup, Love Health, with JR Rahn, cofounder of MindMed, a publicly traded developer of psychedelic-based medicines, and Ashwath Rajan, who cofounded Stockwell AI, an ill-fated vending-machine startup formerly known as Bodega.

The new pharma venture plans to develop drugs initially based on nutraceuticals, food-derived substances that have health benefits, to treat sleep and pain problems. The Miami-based company plans to perform clinical trials to seek Food and Drug Administration approval for its drugs, which will focus on “solutions to the opioid crisis.”

In March 2021, Breslow founded a nonprofit dedicated to dance called The Movement and serves as president. The mission of The Movement is to unite the world through dance by removing cost barriers and expanding access to the benefits of dance for all. The nonprofit started out in Miami, providing free dance classes, and expanded to New York City later that year. Breslow started taking dance classes in San Francisco and found the sense of community to be refreshing, and it was a way to have fun, build confidence, and "refill his tank."

Breslow helped start The Peace Movement (DOA) on February 2, 2022. The Peace Movement DAO's purpose is to fund life-saving assistance and support for Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced people. Contributors to The Peace Movement will be rewarded with a unique "Peace-themed generative NFT" for Ethereum donations in increments of $1000. Additionally, contributors have their choice of Polygon, Ethereum, or Tezos to claim their rewards.

Breslow has written and published two books, Recruiting and Fundraising. Fundraising was published on August 16, 2021, and was his first book on the fundraising process for startups. In it, he dispels common misconceptions, details advice on a variety of facets of the process, and discusses the nuts and bolts of successful fundraising. Recruiting is his second book, and was published on December 15, 2021. Recruiting covers finding and closing the right talent and was based on his experiences building Bolt. The book also offers practical help including email templates, interview questions, and how to run a thorough reference check.

Breslow started at Stanford University in computer science in 2012 but dropped out by 2014. While at Stanford, Breslow cofounded the Stanford Bitcoin Group, leading research into cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and alternative financial systems. The Stanford Bitcoin Group had seven core members. In addition to Breslow, they were Andy Bromberg, John Backus, Alain Meier, Chris Barber, Matt Rials, and Pat Briggs. The group evolved from a class at Stanford, CS 184, taught by Andreessen Horowitz partners at the time, Balaji Srinivisan and Vijay Pande, who also ended up supervising the group.

In 2012, Breslow also founded Sites By Hand, a website building company, while at Stanford. In 2014, he left Stanford early to create Bolt and pursue his vision for democratizing commerce by perfecting checkout.

Breslow grew up in South Florida, attending public schools. At Michael M. Krop Senior High in Miami, he was a 2012 Miami Herald Silver Knight for business and a winner in the Herald’s Business Plan Challenge contest. He started and operated several businesses while still in high school, including one helping businesses set up e-commerce sites, while also working at Publix as a bag boy. He was also a National Merit Semifinalist, a National AP Scholar, and on the varsity golf team.

He was accepted to Stanford with a scholarship.

Breslow lives in a "humble" three-bedroom bungalow in the Miami area. He is a vegan and abstains from gluten, caffeine, and alcohol. He also enjoys dance, yoga, and mindfulness.