Ryan Smith

About Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith is the cofounder and was longtime CEO of Utah-based cloud computing company Qualtrics.

He cofounded the company--known for its feedback surveys of customers and staff-- in Provo, Utah 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 late January 2021; Smith purchased about $120 million worth of the stock.

In October 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.