Eric Glyman is co-founder and CEO of Ramp[1], a corporate card and spend management fintech company[1]. He has been in this role since March 2019[5]. Glyman's stated mission is simplifying finance to help every business in the world become more productive[4].
Prior to founding Ramp, Glyman co-founded Paribus Co. in 2014[7] and served as CEO of Paribus at Capital One, where he held the position of Senior Director from October 2016 to February 2019[6]. His earlier career included roles as a financial analyst at Millstein & Co. from 2012 to 2014[8] and a summer analyst at Houlihan Lokey in 2011[10]. Glyman earned an A.B. in Economics and East Asian Studies from Harvard University between 2008 and 2012[13] and completed visiting scholar coursework in finance at Peking University in 2011[14].
Founded
Insights & ideas
Eric Glyman measures organizational success by the amount of time people spend on deep, substantive thinking rather than tedious tasks [1]. He argues that as organizations grow larger and more complex, they tend to lose time for this kind of critical thinking, even though it represents the real differentiator for a business [1]. Glyman sees automation as a tool specifically suited to offloading tedious data gathering and assembling information into presentable form, so that teams can reach substantive problem-solving faster [1]. His recurring theme is a distinction between low-value administrative work and high-value deep thinking, with the goal of using automation to compress the time spent on the former in order to protect and expand time for the latter [1].
Experience
- Co-Founder, Co-CEORampMar 2019 to Present
- Sr. Director, Paribus @ US Card / CEO, ParibusCapital OneOct 2016 to Feb 2019
- Co-FounderParibus Co.2014 to Feb 2019
- Financial AnalystMillstein & Co.Jul 2012 to Sep 2014
- TrusteeGlobal China ConnectionJan 2009 to Jul 2014
- Summer AnalystHoulihan LokeyJun 2011 to Aug 2011
- Visiting Research AssistantPeking University Center for Health Economics ResearchApr 2011 to Jun 2011
- Logistics CoordinatorConsumer Electronics AssociationJan 2011 to Jan 2011
Education
Harvard University · A.B., Economics and East Asian Studies2008 - 2012
Peking University · Visiting Scholar, Coursework in Finance2011 - 2011
- Harvard Beijing Academy · Citation, Mandarin Chinese2009 - 2009
Media & appearances
- Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spendingStripe and Cheeky Pint
Eric Glyman, co-founder and CEO of Ramp, discusses how the company has evolved from a corporate card business into a multi-product platform. He explains that Ramp's revenue now comes from card interchange, bill payments and software, treasury products, and procurement services, with non-card businesses projected to comprise the majority of gross profit by year-end. Glyman also discusses how companies can use data on expense policies to correlate spending rules with employee productivity and company growth rates.
- The founding secrets behind Ramp, $7.65 Billion Dollar Startup with CEO Eric GlymanGeoff Woo
Eric Glyman discusses Ramp's founding journey and philosophy, explaining how consistent daily effort and focus on near-term growth compound over time rather than obsessing over distant milestones. He shares experiences from Y Combinator in 2015, describing how the program's simple framework of tracking weekly growth and identifying blocking problems helped guide the company's development from early stages through to building an early product-market fit where people were organically sharing Ramp with others.
- Ramp's CEO Eric Glyman and their Lead Economist Ramp | Podcast Clipping ...
Eric Glyman discusses how he measures success by the time spent on deep thinking and substantive issues. He notes that as organizations grow more complex, there is less time for this critical thinking, and identifies automation as helpful for reducing tedious data gathering tasks so teams can focus on higher-level problem-solving faster.
- Ramp CEO Eric Glyman - The Hidden Incentives Shaping Banking and FintechSummation with Auren Hoffman
Eric Glyman discusses Ramp's founding philosophy of helping businesses spend less rather than simply providing cards, explaining how the company differs from traditional fintech by focusing on workflow automation and expense management. He describes learning about customer incentive misalignment at Capital One's credit card division and how that experience led to building Ramp's core feature set around preventing unnecessary spending and automating expense processes.
- How Eric Glyman Runs One of The Fastest Growing StartupsThe Logan Bartlett Show
Eric Glyman, co-founder and CEO of Ramp, discusses how the company uses artificial intelligence both internally for employees and externally for customers, including a Slackbot built in a weekend to analyze sales calls. He also explains how Ramp's core value proposition of helping companies spend less became increasingly valuable during market downturns, enabling the company to achieve triple-digit growth while most competitors struggled.
- Eric Glyman, Co-founder of RampDavid Senra · Jul 12, 2026
- Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spendingCheeky Pint · Feb 17, 2026
- What Ramp's data tells us about AI, unemployment and more with CEO Eric Glyman | E2192This Week in Startups · Oct 13, 2025
- How Ramp's Eric Glyman Built a $22.5 Billion Startup in 2,367 DaysFortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry · Sep 18, 2025
- Ramp New $16B Valuation, OpenAI Wins $200M U.S. Defense Contract | Saquon Barkley, Eric Glyman, George Hotz, Joseph Torigian, Paul Klein, Ryan Daniels, Alex KantrowitzTBPN · Jun 17, 2025
- Ramp: Fastest Growing SaaS Startup Ever | Eric Glyman and Jack Altman"Company Breakdowns" · Nov 20, 2024
- How AI can help build smarter systems for every team with Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh of RampNo Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups · Aug 15, 2024
- AI at Ramp: Making Every Team Radically More Productive | Eric Glyman, CEO, RampThe MAD Podcast with Matt Turck · Aug 1, 2024
- EP 110: How Eric Glyman (CEO, Ramp) Runs One of The Fastest Growing StartupsThe Logan Bartlett Show · Jul 12, 2024
- Ramp CEO Eric Glyman: The equation for HypergrowthFintech Brainfood · May 21, 2024
- 20VC: The Memo: Keith Rabois and Ramp's Eric Glyman on Behind The Scenes at The Best Run Private Company on the Planet; The Tools, Tips, Secrets and Process That Drive EfficiencyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · May 3, 2024
- How @Eric Glyman Re-Wrote the Credit Card Playbook at RampThe Quest Pod with Justin Kan · Dec 21, 2021
- EP 110: How Eric Glyman (CEO, - The Logan Bartlett Show - Apple PodcastsThe Logan Bartlett Show
- Eric Glyman on Ramp's Rocket G… - Leadership Next - Apple PodcastsLeadership Next
- EP 110: How Eric Glyman (CEO, Ramp) Runs One of The Fastest Growing ...
In the news
- Eric Glyman on X@eglyman · Aug 19, 2026
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