Nathan W. Gwilliam is an entrepreneur, who is the founder CEO of Adoption.com,[1] which is the world's most-used adoption site, founded in 1997.[2][3] Gwilliam has been inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by Family Services & Families Supporting Adoption in 2007[4] and was awarded the U.S. Congressional Coalition's Angels in Adoption award in 2017.[5]
Nathan Gwilliam | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MBA |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Adoption.com |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Organization(s) | Elevati, Adoption.com, Adoption.org, AdoptionGifts.com, Adopting.org |
| Board member of | National Council for Adoption |
| Spouse | Crystal Ullery Gwilliam |
| Children | 3 |
Career
editGwilliam started his first venture, Adoption.com in 1997 after winning a BYU Business Plan Competition, hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management, based on his business idea to use the Internet as a platform to help children get adopted.[6][7]
In 2012, Nathan began working with Deseret Digital Media (DDM), where he helped the company to increase its online following from less than 100K to 40 million within a period of 18 months. He also launched FamilyShare.com, which reached 22 million monthly page views before he left the company.[3] He was also involved with a new Brazilian airline, Azul, along with a number of other ventures, as reported by Post Register.[8]
He served as the president of the More Good Foundation, a non-profit organization, which developed websites such as Christ.org, LDS.net, MormonChurch.com, ThomasMonson.com and ModernProphets.com.[9] He has been a speaker at a TEDx conference[10] and the National Adoption Conference. He serves on the board of directors of the National Council for Adoption.[11]
He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Brigham Young University.[3] Gwilliam has taught a course on Social innovation at Brigham Young University–Idaho.[12][11] He is one of the founders of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.[11]
Awards and recognition
edit- He was inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by Family Services and Families Supporting Adoption in 2007.[4]
- He received the Angels in Adoption award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) in 2015.[13][14]
- He received the Best of the Decade award from the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology in 2005.[9]
- He won the BYU Business Plan Competition, hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management in 1997.[6]
- He won the US West New Ventures Seed Money Competition in 1997.[15]
References
edit- ^ Jacobs, Adam (Mar 31, 2018). "Adoption.com fights battle to save international adoptions". Standard Journal.
- ^ Price, Mike (April 5, 2018). "Local company says international adoption could disappear within four years". East Idaho News.
- ^ a b c Smith, Kristina M. (2015). "Linking Families". BYU Magazine.
- ^ a b Jane Weaver, Sarah (August 11, 2007). "Hall of Fame inductees praised for contributions". Church News, Deseret News.
- ^ "Angels in Adoption® Program Honorees" (PDF). Amazonaws.com. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ a b Hill, Amanda (March 3, 2015). "Major changes made for families seeking adoptions". Standard Journal.
- ^ "Rexburg-based Adoption.com connects national adoption community". Explorerexburg. April 26, 2017.
- ^ Basham, Marc (May 28, 2018). "Adopting a change". Post Register.
- ^ a b "Nathan Gwilliam". Mormonwiki. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Gwilliam at TEDxRexburg". Ted (conference). Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ a b c "National Council For Adoption - Board of directors". Adoptioncouncil.org. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ Downs, Megan (November 17, 2015). "New course teaches social change". BYU-Idaho Scroll.
- ^ "Angels in Adoption® Program Honorees". ccainstitute.org. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ Skousen, Rachel (December 28, 2017). "Founder of Adoption.com Nathan Gwilliam an 'Angel in Adoption'". Adoption.
- ^ "US WEST launches 2nd New Ventures competition". Deseret News. June 29, 1998. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018.
Further reading
edit- Lori Carangelo (2018). The ADOPTION and DONOR CONCEPTION FACTBOOK: The Only Comprehensive Source of U.S. and Global Data on the Invisible Families of Adoption, Foster Care & Donor Conception. Access Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780942605433.