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Ryan Petersen is a Partner at Founders Fund who focuses on investments in TransportationTech, Logistics, and Supply Chain Tech at Seed, Series A, and Series B stages, with investment ranges typically between $500K and $150.0M. His verified work background includes being the founder and CEO of Flexport, a technology-driven freight forwarding and supply chain management company, and joining Founders Fund as a venture partner in 2023 while continuing to serve as Flexport's Executive Chairman. Petersen co-founded ImportGenius with his brother in 2006 after starting an import-export business at age 17, and he obtained an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2008. He has extensive experience in international trade and logistics, having moved to China in 2005 to run the family business before founding Flexport in 2013.