# Liam McGregor

> Liam McGregor is the founder and CEO of Marriage Pact, the campus matchmaking phenomenon he built in 2017 as a Stanford economics class project and turned into a company that has matched hundreds of thousands of students across 100-plus colleges. Trained in computer science and economics, McGregor treats romance as a market-design problem, pairing people on deep values rather than looks or swipes. Before Marriage Pact he was an early team member at self-driving startup Luminar and worked in data science at Microsoft. He is also a competitive classical guitarist and self-described 'closet urbanist.'

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Marriage Pact
- **Organizations:** Marriage Pact, Matchbox, Luminar Technologies, Microsoft, Stanford University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science and Economics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Built the Marriage Pact, which has matched hundreds of thousands of students across 100-plus campuses, Drew 4,100+ signups in the first week at Stanford, nearly 60% of the undergraduate population, Translated the academic 'stable marriage problem' into a working, viral consumer product

## Career timeline

- **pre-2017** — Early team member at Luminar Technologies, helping scale the self-driving startup from $80M to $800M valuation
- **2017** — Co-created the Stanford Marriage Pact with Sophia Sterling-Angus as a final project for Econ 136: Market Design, taught by future Nobel laureate Paul Milgrom
- **2017** — Over 4,100 Stanford undergrads (about 58-60% of the student body) signed up within a week
- **2020** — Marriage Pact expands beyond Stanford to other universities during the COVID-19 era
- **2021** — Roughly 220,000 students matched across 66 colleges by December
- **2022** — Raises a $5M seed round to support the company full time
- **2025** — Marriage Pact operating on 100+ college campuses

## Achievements

- Built the Marriage Pact, which has matched hundreds of thousands of students across 100-plus campuses
- Drew 4,100+ signups in the first week at Stanford, nearly 60% of the undergraduate population
- Translated the academic 'stable marriage problem' into a working, viral consumer product
- Raised a $5M seed round to build Marriage Pact into a company
- Early team member who helped scale Luminar Technologies from $80M to $800M valuation

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Marriage Pact reported operating across 100-plus college campuses.

## Links

- Website: https://www.liammcgregor.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamjmcgregor
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/liamjmcgregor
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightymcgregor/

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Last updated: 2026-06-27