Travis May

Travis May (born 1987) is an American entrepreneur. He grew up in Cary and attended Cary Academy, graduating in 2005. While in high school, he was a member of a four-person team that won the mid-Atlantic regional and competed in the 2005 National Economics Challenge.

May attended Harvard College, graduating in 2009 with degrees in economics and mathematics, magna cum laude. During his freshman year, he co-founded the Harvard Entrepreneurial Forum. Later, he co-founded the i3 The Harvard College Innovation Challenge, a student startup competition, which continues annually with support from the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. May was the company's CEO. Although May was allowed to spend some work time on his new start-up, he resigned from Acxiom in April 2018. May made a “significant personal investment” in Datavant which was initially supported by Roivant Sciences, a healthcare company owned by Ramaswamy. Datavant entered into a $7 billion merger with Ciox Health in 2021. After the merger, May stepped down as CEO, becoming the president of the company and remaining on its board of directors.

Honors In 2016, Forbes magazine named May to its 30 Under 30: Marketing & Advertising list

Personal life May married Holly Metter, a graduate of Cary Academy and Harvard, on the Cary Academy campus in 2012. In 2019, the couple donated $500,000 to Cary Academy, establishing the Metter May Scholarship which provides full tuition for financially disadvantaged students. In 2026, they announced a $2 million grant to fund every DonorsChoose project in North Carolina. May was a sponsor of the i3 The Harvard College Innovation Challenge in 2021.