Douglas Rivers

Doug Rivers is a distinguished academic and business leader with extensive experience in political science and data analytics. Serving as Chairman at Crunch.io since January 2013, Rivers has also held the positions of Chief Scientist and Director at YouGov PLC since 2007 and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University since 1989. Previously, Rivers was the CEO of YouGov/Polimetrix from 2004 to August 2012, and co-founded Knowledge Networks where Doug served as CEO from 1998 to 2002. Rivers earned a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University.