Ryan Rottman

What if the public knew athletes not just by stats and games—but by their people, passions, deals, and stories?

Ryan Rottman didn’t start out building a sports tech platform. He started as an actor asking a simple question: “Why is there no IMDb for athletes?” Out of that curiosity, he co-founded AthleteAgent.com with NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers, aiming to aggregate across silos all the data, deals, representation, and stories behind athletes. What used to require detective work now lives in one place, verifiable, transparent, and accessible to fans, brands, media, and insiders alike.

Ryan’s path has been anything but conventional. From Hollywood sets to venture boardrooms, he’s learned to translate storytelling into startup strategy. His platform has raised millions, merged sports, business, and media, and unlocked new ways for athletes to be understood beyond the field.

This conversation peels back how vision meets purpose, how opportunity looks when you connect gaps, and how someone shifts from entertainer to architect of insight.