Founder & Former CEO / Overstock.com
Patrick M. Byrne is the founder and former CEO of Overstock.com, an e-commerce company he launched in 1999. Under his leadership, Overstock.com achieved profitability and became an early adopter of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, notably accepting Bitcoin as payment in 2012. Byrne is also a "classical liberal" and has served as chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (now EdChoice).
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Core technical and professional competencies inferred from his 20-year tenure as CEO and pioneering work in e-commerce and blockchain technology.
A robotic, objective summary of Patrick M. Byrne's career focusing on his tenure at Overstock.com and key verifiable milestones.
Overstock.com, under Byrne's leadership, became an early e-commerce adopter of cryptocurrency by accepting Bitcoin as payment in 2012.
He holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and the University of Cambridge, where he was a Marshall Scholar.
Byrne served as the chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, which is now known as EdChoice, promoting school choice policies.
Before founding Overstock.com in 1999, he held leadership positions at both Fechheimer (1997-1999) and Centricut, LLC (1994-1999).
Master's degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Dartmouth Foreign Study program
E-commerce & Retail, Blockchain & FinTech, Digital Securities
Education Policy, Political Advocacy, Corporate Governance
Visionary, Entrepreneurial, Controversial, Philosophical, Advocate
Technology Adoption, Free Markets, Education Reform, Corporate Transparency
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