Ryan Smith
$3.3B
Born
Jun 28, 1978
Age
47
Source of Wealth
Cloud computing
Residence
Provo, Utah
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
5
Education
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University
- Ryan Smith is the owner of the Utah Jazz and the cofounder of Utah-based cloud computing company Qualtrics.
- He cofounded Qualtrics, known for its feedback surveys of customers and staff, in 2002 with his brother, Jared, and father, Scott.
- Three days before its scheduled IPO in January 2019, Qualtrics was acquired by German software firm SAP for $8 billion in cash.
- SAP spun out Qualtrics as a stand alone public company in 2021. It was taken bought by private equity giant Silver Lake in 2023.
- In 2020, news broke that Smith was leading a group to buy the Utah Jazz NBA team for $1.66 billion. The deal closed in December 2020.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|