Adam Lyons | |
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| Born | 06/20/1987 (37 years) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Founder, The Zebra [1] |
| Years active | 2012-present |
Adam Lyons [2] is an American entrepreneur. He founded The Zebra, an insurance comparison website and REALLY Wireless, a telecommunications company.
Lyons grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. [3] He dropped out of high school when he was 15 years old and had odd jobs until he became an insurance underwriter. [4] Lyons was taking classes at a local community college when he was recruited by the Risk Management & Insurance Department at Temple University. [5] He graduated from Temple University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Fox School of Business. [6]
Lyons worked in the insurance industry, starting at Lloyd's of London as a broker and underwriter. [7] Later, he worked as an underwriter for All Risks Insurance, one of the largest US insurance wholesalers. [8] [9]
In 2012, Lyons founded The Zebra. [10] Lyons began to look for investors for the new business venture and partnered with Mark Cuban, after pitching the startup over a cold email. [7] [4] Later, Cuban noted he liked the concept of The Zebra and commented on Lyons' succinct writing style. [10] Adam also partnered with Mike Maples, Jr., an early investor in Twitter and Lyft [11] of Floodgate Fund, UK billionaire Simon Nixon of Moneysupermarket.com. [12] and Silverton Partners based in Austin, Texas. [10] After securing $4.5 million in seed funding in 2013, Lyons relocated the company to Austin, TX. [2]
In 2015, Lyons was named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 list. [13] He was recognized as a finalist for the 2016 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award [14] and also made Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017. [15]
In 2018, Lyons left The Zebra to explore other ventures including the development of a reality TV show with the Pilgrim Media Group in Los Angeles. [16] [17]
In 2022, Lyons founded REALLY Wireless, a fully-encrypted and privacy focused wireless mobile network. [18] [19]
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