Rich Riley, CEO, Shazam Entertainment
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RICH RILEY, 42
CEO, Shazam Entertainment
Last Year’s Rank: 57
The song-identification app had a record year, zooming from 86 million active users per month in 2014 to 120 million, and officially became a “unicorn,” one of the rare privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more. Riley says it’s just the beginning. The executive, who lives in New Canaan, Conn., with his wife and four children, points to recent brand partnerships with Target and Nike, among others. Customers can now “Shazam” a TV ad or learn more about a store’s soundtrack. A recent campaign with Showtime even encouraged using the app on any $1, $5 or $20 bill to unlock exclusive content from the series Billions.
