Ryan Sakamoto

Ryan Sakamoto is the current General Counsel at ZipRecruiter. Ryan has held this position since September 2016. Prior to that, they were General Counsel at RealtyMogul.com from June 2015 to September 2016. From October 2011 to June 2015, they were General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at Wedbush, Inc.

Sakamoto started their legal career at McDermott, Will & Emery in January 2001, where they worked as an attorney until December 2003. Ryan then spent a year as Vice President and General Counsel at Coast Asset Management from January 2003 to December 2004. In January 1998, they began working as an attorney at Riordan & McKinzie and remained there until December 2001.

Between their stints at McDermott, Will & Emery and Riordan & McKinzie, Sakamoto also worked as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Madison Tyler Holdings/EWT, LLC (Virtu Financial) from June 2006 to September 2011.

Ryan Sakamoto received their AB in Social Studies from Harvard University, magna cum laude. Ryan then went on to earn their MBA in Finance and Strategy from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Finally, they earned their JD in Law from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law.

Ryan Sakamoto reports to Ian Siegel, CEO & Co-Founder. Peggy Bui - VP, Senior Counsel, Gigi Goodling - SVP, Business & Legal Affairs report to Ryan Sakamoto. Some of their coworkers include Boris Shimanovsky - CTO, Renata Dionello - Chief People Officer, and Dave Travers - President.