Eric Glyman

Eric Glyman is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Ramp, a corporate finance platform that reached a $32 billion valuation in November 2024, five years after its founding.^[4] The company processes over $100 billion in annual purchase volume for more than 50,000 businesses.^[1]

Glyman previously co-founded Paribus, a price-tracking application that automated price protection for online purchases, which was acquired by Capital One in 2016.^[11] He graduated from Harvard University in 2012 with a degree in Economics and East Asian Studies.^[6]

Ramp became the fastest New York startup to reach unicorn status within two years of founding and has raised $2.3 billion in total funding.^[9] The company's mission centers on helping businesses reduce spending through automated financial processes, with customers spending an average of 5% less after switching to the platform.^[5]

Glyman was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he graduated as valedictorian from Green Valley High School in 2008.^[6] He worked at an Express retail store during high school.^[8]

He attended Harvard University, where he earned an A.B. in Economics and East Asian Studies in 2012.^[6] During his undergraduate years, he studied Mandarin Chinese at the Harvard Beijing Academy in 2009 and served as a visiting scholar at Peking University in 2011, focusing on finance, accounting, health economics, and anthropology.^[6] Glyman is fluent in Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish.^[6]

Millstein & Co. (2012–2014)

After graduating from Harvard, Glyman worked as a financial analyst at Millstein & Co., a restructuring and corporate finance firm.^[6]

Paribus (2014–2016)

In 2014, Glyman co-founded Paribus, a price-tracking application that automated price protection and shipping guarantees for online purchases.^[11] The company built an AI agent in 2015, nine years before artificial intelligence became mainstream in business applications.^[8]

Capital One acquired Paribus in 2016, and Glyman continued to lead the team as Senior Director of Paribus within Capital One's US Card division until 2019.^[6]

Ramp (2019–present)

Glyman co-founded Ramp in 2019 with the goal of creating a financial operations platform that helps companies save time and money through corporate cards and expense management.^[6] The company's approach contrasts with traditional financial services by focusing on helping customers spend less rather than encouraging more spending.^[5]

Under Glyman's leadership, Ramp achieved significant operational efficiency improvements, with the average receipt submitted in approximately two minutes compared to the industry standard of about one month.^[1] The company reached a $22.5 billion valuation in August 2024 and increased to $32 billion just three months later in November 2024.^[4]

Glyman tracks the company's age precisely, noting in 2024 that Ramp was "2,367 days old" since its founding.^[2] The company has saved customers billions of dollars and processes over $100 billion in annual purchase volume.^[1]