Adam Lyons

Adam Lyons^[2] is an American entrepreneur. He founded The Zebra, an insurance comparison website and REALLY Wireless, a telecommunications company.

Adam Lyons
Born	(1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 38)
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Founder, The Zebra[1]
Years active	2012-present

Education

Lyons grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School.^[3] He dropped out of high school when he was 15 years old and had odd jobs until he became an insurance underwriter.^[4] Lyons was taking classes at a local community college when he was recruited by the Risk Management & Insurance Department at Temple University.^[5] He graduated from Temple University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Fox School of Business.^[6]

Career

Lyons worked in the insurance industry, starting at Lloyd's of London as a broker and underwriter.^[7] Later, he worked as an underwriter for All Risks Insurance, one of the largest US insurance wholesalers.^[8][9]

In 2012, Lyons founded The Zebra.^[10] Lyons began to look for investors for the new business venture and partnered with Mark Cuban, after pitching the startup over a cold email.^[7][4] Later, Cuban noted he liked the concept of The Zebra and commented on Lyons' succinct writing style.^[10] Adam also partnered with Mike Maples, Jr., an early investor in Twitter and Lyft^[11] of Floodgate Fund, UK billionaire Simon Nixon of Moneysupermarket.com.^[12] and Silverton Partners based in Austin, Texas.^[10] After securing $4.5 million in seed funding in 2013, Lyons relocated the company to Austin, TX.^[2]

In 2015, Lyons was named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 list.^[13] He was recognized as a finalist for the 2016 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award^[14] and also made Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017.^[15]

In 2018, Lyons left The Zebra to explore other ventures including the development of a reality TV show with the Pilgrim Media Group in Los Angeles.^[16][17]

In 2022, Lyons founded REALLY Wireless, a fully-encrypted and privacy focused wireless mobile network.^[18][19]