About

The Short Bio

I grew up in Nashville and did my undergrad (BBA – art history, marketing, & accounting) in at Emory in Atlanta and grad school (MAS – accounting) at U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  I sat for and passed the CPA exam and worked as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.  In 2003, I moved to NYC and became VP Finance / Controller for WireImage (acquired by Getty Images for $208M in 2007) and angel invested in a startup NewCondosOnline, which is doing well.  From 2005 to 2007, I moonlighted on nights and weekends as professional photographer covering celebrity and sporting events.  My images have appeared in major print publications from Rolling Stone to People Magazine.  In 2008, I relocated to LA, put down the camera, married to the loveliest woman in the world, and founded AudioMicro.  In 2010, AudioMicro acquired Audioo and I presently serve as CEO of the two companies.  I’m a huge fan of entrepreneurship and I enjoy brainstorming new business endeavors.  In my free time I enjoy playing basketball, tennis, and card games.  The most important people in my life are my wife Lauren and my brother Jonathan.

The Longer Bio

Ryan Born started his career in the Atlanta office of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Assurance and Business Advisory Services Practice where he gained experience in an array of industries. He later transferred to New York City to broaden his experience in the firm’s Tax and Legal Services division. After PwC, he served as VP of Finance and Financial Controller at WireImage.com during which time the Company was acquired by Getty Images for $208 million. After WireImage, Ryan angel invested and served as CFO to NewCondosOnline.com, the largest one-stop resource for finding and comparing new condo developments. Most recently, he relocated to Los Angeles and founded AudioMicro.com, a micro stock music licensing destination. The company secured a round of Series A financing from VC firm DFJ Frontier and has amassed a UGC library of over 200,000 stock music and sound effects tracks which are licensed into YouTube videos, iPhone apps, short films, television, animations, and other new media projects.  In May 2010, AudioMicro acquired Audioo and relaunched it as destination for the public sharing of voicemails.

Ryan graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an undergraduate degree in Accounting/Marketing & Art history and a Studio Art minor from Emory University. In addition, he possesses a Masters of Accounting Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds an active CPA license with the State Board of Accountancy of his home state, Tennessee.

Contact

Email:  ryan.L.born [at] gmail
Phone:  (818) 350-3838 (leave a message – it will be transcribed and emailed to me via Google Voice.  If it’s entertaining, I’ll post it live on Audioo.)