CEO Today USA Awards

CEO Today USA Awards 2019 www.ceotodaymagazine.com - N E W Y O R K - 83 GREGORY GALANT CEO of Muck Rack ABOUT GREGORY GALANT Gregory Galant is the cofounder and CEO of Muck Rack, a digital PR and journalism platform. TheNextWeb called Muck Rack “one of the most useful tools ever invented for media professionals”. Greg’s also the cocreator and executive producer of The Shorty Awards honoring the best of social media -- past winners include Ricky Gervais, Cory Booker, Conan O’Brien, Sesame Street, Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Bloomberg and NASA. Previously, Greg was an associate producer at CNN where he analyzed the latest trends in citizens’ media. Greg has worked at Newlight Associates, a $120M technology venture capital fund. A lifelong entrepreneur, Greg founded an award-winning web development firm at age 14. To help fellow entrepreneurs, Greg created Venture Voice, a podcast interview series with the founders of Twitter, LinkedIn, The Vanguard Group, Brooklyn Brewery and more. Greg’s a mentor in the TechStars startup accelerator. BusinessWeek named him one of the “Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs”. Greg’s a frequent speaker on social media, marketing, PR, entrepreneurship and journalism. He’s given presentations at SXSW, Le Web, Harvard Business School and The International Journalism Festival. His columns have appeared in Fortune, Forbes and Business Insider. Greg’s also a member of Twitter’s exclusive first name club. You can follow him at @gregory. ABOUT MUCK RACK Find the right journalists for your story, send customized pitches, collaborate with your team, and quantify your impact with Muck Rack, the powerful, easy-to- use PR software platform. Muck Rack enables you to discover the best journalists to pitch on any story based on their profiles in our extensive media database, or through our comprehensive search engine covering the articles they’ve written and the content they share on social media. Build precisely-targeted media lists that are automatically kept up-to-date, saving you from the burden of legacy media databases or manually- updated spreadsheets. Measure your impact with Muck Rack’s reporting and graphing features. Used globally by Fortune 500 companies, brands and agencies as an essential component of their communications strategy, Muck Rack enables the public relations professionals to accomplish more and prove their impact. www.muckrack.com