Ryan Hudson — Honey Science Corp.

Co-Founder

THE LATEST: PayPal Holdings Inc. completed its $4 billion acquisition of Honey at the start of 2020 and said in November that it would integrate Honey’s deal-finding software into other products, including payment apps PayPal and Venmo. This integration could produce valuable consumer data that the company can use to facilitate future sales processed through multiple payment platforms.
BACKGROUND: Hudson co-founded Honey in 2012 with George Ruan. The company developed a browser extension that notifies shoppers about online deals and applies coupons automatically. Although Honey was acquired by PayPal at the beginning of 2020, the company continues to operate its signature deal-finding platform under its own brand. Hudson has an MBA from MIT and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell.
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