As CEO of Influential, the world’s largest influencer marketing company, Ryan Detert has
brought top influencers, Fortune 500 brands, press, and financing to his venture-backed
company. Through Influential, Detert has led campaigns for top advertising agencies and
holding companies including Dentsu, Interpublic, Omnicom, Publicis and WPP, for global brands
like Walmart, Nestle, NFL, NBA, Nike, McDonalds, Pepsi, Toyota, General Mills, Unilever, and
even The United Nations and World Health Organization. Detert has also forged exclusive
partnerships with dozens of technology and media partners, including Facebook, Instagram,
TikTok, IBM Watson, Oracle Data Cloud, IRI, and WME, which came in as an investor in
Influential’s most recent Series B round of funding. Detert was honored in 2021 as one of Ad
Age’s 40 Under 40, Ad Age’s The List for 2022, and recently became a member of the Board of
Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
OFFICIAL JUDGE
Ryan Detert
2023 Judging Panel