# Guillermo Cornejo

> Guillermo Cornejo is the co-founder and CEO of Riders Share, the largest peer-to-peer motorcycle rental platform in the U.S. A Peruvian immigrant who never drove a car before he learned to ride, he crashed a Kawasaki Ninja 250 at 80 mph at age 23 and walked away with a hand full of pins and an obsession. After years analyzing high-risk auto loans at Nissan, GM and Hyundai, he built a marketplace that lets motorcycle owners rent out idle bikes to vetted riders, using credit and driving data to price crash risk. He started it during a full-scholarship MBA at UCLA Anderson, moved the company to Austin, and grew it to thousands of listings and hundreds of thousands of registered riders.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Riders Share
- **Organizations:** Riders Share, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Texas Christian University, Techstars
- **From:** Peru
- **Nationality:** Peruvian
- **Education:** B.A., Economics and Political Science (Cum Laude), Texas Christian University, MBA (full scholarship), UCLA Anderson School of Management
- **Known for:** Built the largest peer-to-peer motorcycle rental community in the United States, Raised roughly $3.3 million from investors including LiveOak Venture Partners, Texas HALO Fund, Edgebrook Partners, Techstars and crowdfunding backers, Grew rentals from $4.4M (2021) to $7.1M (2022)

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Graduated from Texas Christian University with honors degrees in Economics and Political Science
- **2010s** — Worked as a strategy analyst at Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., managing high-risk auto loans during the Great Recession
- **2015** — Moved to Los Angeles with Hyundai Capital America; also held a role at GM Financial
- **2016** — Began full-time MBA at UCLA Anderson on a full scholarship; won a prize for his peer-to-peer rental business plan
- **2018** — Relaunched Riders Share in February after shutting down a flawed first version; partnered with technical co-founder Brendon Lamb
- **2018** — Surpassed $1 million in annual rentals with a two-person team while still in business school
- **2020** — Raised $1.5M led by LiveOak Venture Partners; moved company headquarters to Austin, Texas
- **2021** — Rentals reached $4.4 million as post-pandemic demand accelerated
- **2022** — Rentals grew to $7.1 million
- **2023** — Crowdfunding campaign raised $250,000+; platform reached 3,000+ listings and 250,000 registered riders

## Achievements

- Built the largest peer-to-peer motorcycle rental community in the United States
- Raised roughly $3.3 million from investors including LiveOak Venture Partners, Texas HALO Fund, Edgebrook Partners, Techstars and crowdfunding backers
- Grew rentals from $4.4M (2021) to $7.1M (2022)
- Convinced insurance carriers to underwrite peer-to-peer motorcycle rentals - a category that didn't exist before
- Reached profitability-adjacent scale with a lean team while completing a full-time MBA
- Developed machine-learning pricing that uses credit and driving records to predict and price crash risk

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Featured in TCU Magazine's 'A Winding Road to Success'; platform at 3,000+ listings and 250,000 registered riders, rentals up to $7.1M in 2022
- **2023-01** — Crowdfunding campaign raised more than $250,000

## Links

- Website: https://riders-share.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gc-ridersshare
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RidersShare
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ridersshare/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ridersshare/

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Last updated: 2026-07-01