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Ryan Petersen founded Flexport, a logistics and supply-chain technology company, and serves as its CEO. He previously co-founded ImportGenius and is a venture partner at Founders Fund.

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Ryan Petersen founded Flexport, a logistics and supply-chain technology company, and serves as its CEO. He previously co-founded ImportGenius and is a venture partner at Founders Fund.

Career

Ryan Petersen holds a BA from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA (2008) from Columbia Business School.

Founder and CEO at Flexport from 2013 to Present in San Francisco, California, United States
Venture Partner at Founders Fund until Present
Advisory Board Member at Columbia Business School — Deming Center until Present

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Peter PhamCo-Founder and General Partner at Science Inc.
First Cosign
Ryan just wants to solve problems without ego.
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Paul GrahamProgrammer, essayist, and Y Combinator cofounder
Second Cosign
But he’s not just determined. He sees things other people don’t see.
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Where There Is Mystery, There Is Margin

Petersen examines freight logistics, industry incentives, and the lessons behind building Flexport.

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Update on Flexport’s Trucking Business

Ryan lays out the rationale for buying Convoy’s technology, connecting trucking to Flexport’s existing customers, and limiting integration risk.

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Whose Fault Is the Current Ocean Freight Market Crisis? Nobody’s, Really.

Ryan explains how port congestion, carrier economics, and container packing created the 2021 freight crunch—and what shippers could change.

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