Ryan Disraeli | |
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Born | Ryan Disraeli San Diego, California, US[1] |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern California (BS) |
Occupation(s) | CEO, TeleSign |
Known for | Co-founder of TeleSign |
Ryan Disraeli is an American businessman, and a co-founder and the CEO of TeleSign.
Raised in San Diego, California, Disraeli attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he studied business at USC Marshall School of Business.[2] In 2018, Disraeli was awarded the USC Marshall School of Business Alumni Entrepreneur of the year award.[3]
In 2005, Disraeli, while he was a sophomore at USC, cofounded an online security service company, TeleSign, that protects online websites and users.[4] Disraeli worked as a vice president of the company for fraud services[5] and has helped expand TeleSign's communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) to any developer capable of invoking a REST Application Programming Interface (API).[6] Disraeli helped TeleSign raise $78 Million dollars in funding and grow to annual revenues of more than $100 Million and hundreds of employees across the globe.[7]
Disraeli regularly provides commentary in the area of behavioral biometrics and Multi-factor authentication.[8][9][10] He also regularly comments on online security and fraud-related issues.[11][12][13][14] In 2017, Disraeli was named to Forbes 30 under 30 for enterprise technology.[15][16] Also in 2017, TeleSign was acquired for 230 million dollars by Belgacom ICS.[17]