Victoria Ransom

Victoria Ransom
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationBachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration
Alma materUnited World College, Macalester College, Harvard Business School
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder and CEO of Wildfire Interactive
PartnerAlain Chuard

Victoria Ransom is a serial entrepreneur from New Zealand. She has developed three companies including Wildfire Interactive, a social marketing SaaS company, where Ransom was chief executive officer until it was sold to Google in 2012.[1][2] Ransom currently resides in Palo Alto.[3]

Ransom was listed as one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs[4] as well as one of their 40 under 40 in 2012.[5] In 2015, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[6][7]

  1. ^ Coster, Helen (19 October 2012). "Victoria Ransom's wild ride". TIME Magazine. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ^ Bryant, Adam (26 January 2013). "If Supervisors Respect the Values, So Will Everyone Else". New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. ^ Barr, Alastair (12 May 2015). "Google Shopping Leader Decamps for Jawbone". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. ^ Sellers, Patricia (31 August 2012). "Who are the 2012 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs?". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. ^ "40 Under 40 2012". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Victoria Ransom Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wildfire Google". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ^ "RANSOM Victoria Technology". National Business Review. Retrieved 28 September 2015.