Adrian Ridner

Adrian Ridner is co-founder and CEO of Study.com, an education platform supporting 30 million learners and educators a month in achieving their academic goals. As a Latino EdTech founder and first-generation college graduate, Adrian has spent the past two decades focused on making education accessible for under-supported learners. In 2019, Silicon Valley Business Journal named Adrian a 40 Under 40 honoree and Silicon Valley Latino honored him with their prestigious Latino Trailblazer Award. He served on the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Game Changers 2020 team to cast a vision of transformative learning and its social impact. Adrian serves on the board of the Riecken Foundation, promoting literacy and access to knowledge in Central America since 2000. He also serves as a board member for Cal Poly State University's Engineering & Computer Science advisory council, where he has helped transform the curriculum to prepare graduates for their fast-changing technology careers.