Matt Hunter is an executive leadership coach and co-author of the forthcoming book Tough Enough: How to Lead a Team to Greatness Without Being a Jerk. Today, he coaches founders and CEOs of high-growth companies backed by firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and NEA, with a combined valuation in the tens of billions. He is expanding his work to include public companies and elite sports teams. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Current and Former Clients: Founders and CEOs from Fivetran, Splash, Veza, Checkmate, Mantra Health, Iterative.ai, RevvADAS, Nirvana Health, Colorado Premium, Nature’s Heart and more.

Previous Experience and Education: He has two decades of experience founding, leading, and coaching companies, most notably cofounding Turnstyle (acquired by Yelp) and serving as president and US CEO of Founders Pledge, a community of entrepreneurs that has pledged over $12.9 billion to charity, with more than $1.7 billion already deployed.