Tom Ryan

Tom Ryan is the co-founder of Pluto TV and CEO and President of Streaming at Paramount Skydance Corporation. He oversees the company's global direct-to-consumer division,

Pluto TV In 2013, Ryan co-founded Pluto TV, By 2021, Pluto TV had over $1 billion in annual revenue.

Paramount Global Streaming In October 2020, Tom Ryan was named President and CEO of Streaming at Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS Streaming). In 2024, under his leadership, the direct-to-consumer segment had its first profitable quarter since the launch of Paramount+ in March 2021.

Board roles Ryan is the current Chairman of the board of Struck Studio. He has been a founding board member of Smule, a social music site, since 2008. Ryan has been a Venture Advisor on the board of Felix Capital since 2015 and Fund Advisor of SignalFire since 2017. He was previously on the board of Society6, which was acquired by Leaf Group in 2013 from 2010-2013 and Trunk Club from 2011-2014. He was an angel investor in both Smule and Trunk Club. In 2022, Ryan received the NATPE's inaugural "Award for Executive Leadership in Global Streaming". And was also a Variety500 Honoree from Variety. In 2023, Stream TV awarded Ryan "CEO of the Year" & awarded Pluto TV "Streaming Platform of the Year"; that same year Pluto TV received a Webby Award for the "People's Voice Winner" for Best Streaming Service. In 2024, the NATAS revealed that Pluto TV would receive the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards for Pioneering Development of Manifest-based Playout for FAST. That same year he was named on both the LA500 lists.

Patent Issued on February 9, 2016 on Methods and Systems for Generating and Providing Program Guides and Content.

Personal life Ryan lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children.