Ron Miller

About Ron Miller

Ronald D. Miller is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur having visualized, founded, built and sold five companies through management buyouts, private equity firms, private investors and public markets. Currently, Ron is the Chairman of StartEngine, one of the industry’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms. At StartEngine, his mission is to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams. Ron is also actively engaged as a partner/advisor in several start up and growth companies both in and out of the tech sector.Ron also serves as a mentor for an entrepreneurial leadership program at the UCLA Anderson School of Business. In the past, Ron has taught innovative courses as at UC Riverside, UC San Diego and UW Madison.Over the past 25 years, Ron has accumulated a wealth of experience in building, leading and empowering executives and teams to deliver extraordinary results. His rich mix of marketing, sales, IT, operations and financial experience has enabled him to see things others do not. He has an extensive track record of visualizing the strategic picture, defining opportunities and producing measurable results through disciplined and documented systems.Ron’s success has been publicly recognized as a four time INC Award recipient and as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award Finalist. He also owns the trademark for “Doing Well by Doing Good.”Ron also serves as a board member to YPO Angeleno, USC Grief School of Entrepreneurship, West Coast Care and several for profit corporations. Ron founded the San Diego Chapter of EO. Ron is a member of the CNBC-YPO Chief Executive Network and the LA Mayor\'s Council on Tech and Innovation.With the continuing success of his companies, Ron has been featured in publications such as the Washington Post, Forbes, LA Times, CBS, INC, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and Entrepreneur Magazine. Ron lives in Santa Monica, CA and has two children.Ron is an active member of the California and Michigan Bar Associations.

Experience

1. CEO, Partner

   StartEngine

   Feb 2014 — Present · Santa Monica, CA, US

   Finding great companies to fund through equity crowdfunding. Building a platform that converts community into investors and in turn investors into an army of brand ambassadors.

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

  J.D., Law

  1984 — 1987

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Marketing

  1980 — 1984