Ryan Graves – Billionaire

Ryan Graves net worth: Ryan Graves is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1.7 billion. Ryan Graves was born in San Diego, California. He is the Head of Global Operations at Uber. Graves was ranked the 1325th richest person in the world in 2015 according to Forbes. He was the first employee hired by Uber in 2010 when company cofounder Travis Kalanick tweeted that he was looking for a product manager. Graves responded to the tweet to email him after formerly working for GE and as an intern for Foursquare. So in essence, Ryan Graves is a billionaire today because he responded to a single tweet. He briefly served as company CEO before he was replaced by Kalanick in 2010. In August 2017, Ryan stepped down from his role as SVP of Global Operations to focus on his role as a director of Uber’s board. Graves has largely attempted to distance himself from Uber’s scandals. These scandals ultimately forced Travis Kalanick out as CEO, though he is still a board member and controls three of Uber’s board seats (including the one occupied by Ryan).