Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Patrick Ambron is the CEO and co-founder of BrandYourself.com, which provides helps individuals clean up, protect and improve their online reputation and their online privacy. Some of their more popular features include social media cleanup tools, removing personal information from data brokers, finding and deleting old accounts, and many others.
BrandYourself also helps customers deal with other issues that happen on the web, like removing non-consensual pornography for victims of revenge porn. In an age of cyberbullying, revenge porn, social media screening, identity theft, and inadequate online privacy laws, BrandYourself's mission is to help consumers navigate many of the unintended consequences of the web so people can feel secure and in control online.
Patrick is recognized as a leading expert in Online Reputation Management, Online Privacy and Search Engine Optimization. In 2011, his company was named New York’s #1 Emerging Technology Business, making him the youngest person ever to win the $200K prize. He was recognized by the White House as one of Empact100’s top CEOs under 30, named Young Entrepreneur of the year by the SBA, and most recently, named to Inc Magazine’s top 35 under 35. He’s a contributor to Inc, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post and occasionally other places like the Washington Post where he writes about online privacy and reputation. He’s a regular instructor at General Assembly and guest lectures regularly at universities like Columbia, Syracuse, Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania.
Patrick has led BrandYourself to secure over $7 million in venture capital and grow to over 100 full time employees. The company was named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2015 “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” as well as one of The Hottest Startups in NYC. When launching the company in 2012, BrandYourself was named the overall Startup winner at SXSW as well as PC magazine’s Top 5 Web Apps at SXSW.
The company has been featured on CBS News, ABC News, CBS News, HuffingtonPost, FastCompany, Mashable, TechCrunch, New York Post, WSJ, the NYTimes, PandoDaily, US News & World, and many others.
Awards: - Entrepreneur 360 'Best Practicer' - Inc Magazine Top 35 Under 35 - Fastest Growing Reputation Management Company - The White House/Empact Top CEO Under 30 - SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year - Number One Emerging Technology New York State - SXSW Accelerator Top StartUp Award
In his free time Patrick Ambron enjoys playing soccer, running, hanging out with his dog, and watching movies.
