Ryan O'hara
Chief Executive Officer at 2
Ryan O'hara
Chief Executive Officer at 2
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2022 - Current
Serve as CEO of a leading home warranty, insurance, and tech-enabled services company. Frontdoor announced the acquisition of the company for $585 million in June 2024, expected to close Q4 2024. The Home Buyers Warranty Group is the #1 provider to new home builders and the leading independent in existing home coverages. The products are marketed through top real estate brokers, Realtors, new home builders and direct-to-consumer through various platforms. The company’s products have an A Rating (highest among all competitors) by the Better Business Bureau. I get to work with great people in an excellent teamwork driven culture to help improve the homeowner experience. Glassdoor ratings are among the best in the field. HBW is backed by leading private equity firm Genstar Capital that purchased the company in a buy-out in 2018. The company was founded in 1980 and has provided warranties, insurance and service contracts to over 6 million homes. Today, we service over one million homes and their owners with best-in-class products and services.
Board Member
2022
A premier leader in real estate tech providing proven software and services to many of the top Brokers and Realtors in the industry. Backed by leading private equity firms Genstar Capital and Lovell Minnick Partners. Purchased BoomTown to add to the portfolio in January 2023.
Independent Director
2021
Chair of Compensation Committee and member of Nominating and Governance Committee. NYSE: OPAD Offerpad is a leader in the United States in digital real estate and iBuying - buying and selling properties through technology and agents.
Independent Director
2020
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. NASDAQ:THRY https://corporate.thryv.com/about/corporate/ Our Mission Thryv Holdings, Inc. is dedicated to supporting local, independent businesses and franchises by providing innovative marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the entrepreneurs who run them. Business Overview Thryv Holdings, Inc. is built upon a rich legacy in the marketing and advertising industry. We are one of the largest companies in the United States that provides SMBs (small businesses) with print and digital marketing solutions and SaaS end-to-end customer experience tools. Our solutions enable our SMB clients to generate new business leads, manage their customer relationships and run their day-to-day operations. We are dedicated to supporting local, independent businesses and franchises by providing innovative marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the entrepreneurs who run them. As of June 30, 2020, we serve over 360,000 SMB clients through two business segments: Marketing Services and SaaS. Revenues totaled more than $1 billion.
Advisory Council
2020 - 2024
The mission of the Stanford Center on Longevity is to accelerate and implement scientific discoveries, technological advances, behavioral practices, and social norms so that century long lives are healthy and rewarding.
Chief Executive Officer and President
2019 - 2019
Hired by Public Board of Directors to help run or sell publicly-held company Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY). Helped successfully sell company to Apollo Global Management for $2.7 billion in a take-private cash transaction. Partnered with Sponsor to prepare company transition from public to private, merge with another entity and raise $2 billion in private and public debt financing to successfully close the highly beneficial shareholder transaction. http://ir.shutterfly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/shutterfly-inc-names-ryan-ohara-president-and-chief-executive
Member Board Of Directors
2019 - 2019
Public company board overseeing $2 bil revenue firm with over 12,000 employees.
Chief Executive Officer
2014 - 2019
CEO of Move Inc./Realtor.com responsible for portfolio direction and performance of prominent and fastest-growing digital real estate company. During approx 5 year tenure, worked with the team to more than double revenues and triple traffic, engagement and profits to record levels. Company continued to flourish after my departure. Results: https://newscorp.com/2019/06/06/ryan-ohara-to-depart-post-at-move-inc/ News Corp Revenue Boosted by Digital Real-Estate Unit https://www.wsj.com/article_email/news-corp-reports-loss-but-a-rise-in-revenue-1518129789-lMyQjAxMTA4MzAxODgwMTg0Wj/ Realtor.com® is operated by Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, the global news and information company that has built the world’s largest digital real estate platform. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 20 years ago, and today is the most trusted resource for home buyers, sellers and dreamers, offering the information, tools and professional expertise to help people move confidently through every step of their home journey. It is the fastest growing real estate marketplace platform.
Board Member
2017 - 2019
Served as Member of Public Board of Directors of REA Group Limited. REA Group owns and operates a number of leading property portals throughout 12 counties in Asia. Public market capitalization of approximately $10 billion. Participated in Board CEO succession process. REA is a multinational digital advertising company specialising in property in Australia and Asia. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:REA) as a S&P200 ASX firm, the company operates Australia’s leading residential, commercial and share property websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and flatmates.com.au, Chinese property site myfun.com, and iProperty throughout Asia.
Board Member
2015 - 2019
In 2021, Matterport, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of 3D cameras and software for virtual real estate tours and forever floor plans, agreed to go public via merger with Gores Holdings VI, a SPAC. The deal valued the firm at $2.9 billion. Matterport was ultimately sold to CoStar for $1.6 billion in April 2024. Global leader in immersive 3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications for real spaces. Rethinking the way spaces are shown utilizing new technologies and proprietary data capabilities.
Member Board Of Directors
2015 - 2019
A partnership between industry and Harvard to inform, track and impact movements around the housing and greater real estate industry.
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