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Ryan Smith

ライアン・スミス　/　らいあん・すみす

American business executive

June 28, 1978 (age 47)　・　Eugene, Oregon, United States

Oregon
business executive
businessperson

My Take

Ryan Smith interests me less as a billionaire than as a study in what comes after success. Co-founding Qualtrics and building it into an experience-management giant would satisfy most careers, but Smith converted that fortune into civic infrastructure: the Utah Jazz, the Utah Mammoth, an entire entertainment group anchoring Salt Lake City. I read that as a deliberate bet that sports franchises are the new town squares. Plenty of tech founders buy teams as trophies; Smith seems to be buying a region's future instead. Whether or not the bet pays off, I admire an operator who treats ownership as a responsibility with a scoreboard attached.

Overview

Ryan Smith (born June 28, 1978) is an American billionaire businessman and chairman of Smith Entertainment Group. He is the executive chairman and co-founder of Qualtrics, an experience management company based in Provo, Utah. Smith is also owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL) in Salt Lake City.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ryan Smith
Name (Japanese): ライアン・スミス
Reading: らいあん・すみす
Born: June 28, 1978 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Horse
Origin: Eugene, Oregon, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: business executive / businessperson

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Provo High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Smith%20(businessman)

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