Dylan Barbour

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Dylan Barbour
Born (1994-06-16) June 16, 1994 (age 26)
Alma mater Williams College
OccupationTelevision personality
Entrepreneur

Dylan Barbour (born June 16, 1994) is an American television personality and entrepreneur. He received national recognition after appearing as a contestant on season 15 of The Bachelorette [1] before he was eliminated during week 6 by Hannah Brown. After being eliminated from The Bachelorette, he began appearing on season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise, [2] where he dated and ultimately got engaged to Hannah Godwin. [3]

Personal life

Barbour is originally from San Diego, California. [4] He attended Chadwick School and then graduated from Williams College in 2016, [5] where he earned a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature with a concentration in leadership studies [6] . [7] [8] As an Eph, Barbour pursued his deep passion for exercise as part of the track and football team. [9] He was the linebacker on the football team and in his senior year, lived with his teammates on 66 Hoxsey Street. [10]

After spending two years at Morgan Stanley in San Francisco from 2016-2018 as an associate, [11] Barbour co-founded of the social impact fitness app, Vizer, with his cousin Samantha Pantazopoulos in 2017 [12] . [13] Vizer is a social wellness platform that aims at converting daily activity into charitable contributions and personal rewards [14] and has received a grant of $500,000 in June 2019. Since then, the app has a growing user base of 6% a day. [15] Barbour serves as the Chief Growth Officer at Vizer. [16]

Barbour met his now fiancé, Hannah Godwin, on Bachelor in Paradise Season 6. After getting engaged at the finale of the season, the pair went into a long-distance relationship between San Diego and Los Angeles. The couple has bought a house and moved in together in November 2020. [17]

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