# Myles Hunter

> Myles Hunter co-founded TutorMe in 2015 after encountering the cost and scheduling difficulties of tutoring at USC. He led the online tutoring business through its 2019 acquisition by Zovio and its 2022 sale to GoGuardian, then stepped down as CEO later in 2022. His public career also includes growth work at Lyft, consulting at EY and early-stage investing.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur, former education technology CEO, investor and advisor
- **Organizations:** TutorMe, Lyft, EY, Techstars, Drizly, Via
- **Education:** B.S. in Business Administration; minor in real estate finance, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Co-founded TutorMe in 2015 and led it through acquisitions in 2019 and 2022., Led TutorMe during reported 330% tutoring-hour growth from 2019 to 2020., Recognized in the EdTech Awards 2021 Founder/CEO - Startup category.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Tutored USC fraternity brother Alex Convery in accounting; the experience helped inspire TutorMe.
- **2013-2015** — Worked in growth at Lyft.
- **2015** — Co-founded TutorMe with Alex Convery and technical co-founder Victor Kotseruba; contemporary reporting also names Ari Stiegler among the founding team.
- **2016** — TutorMe partnered with its first customer, according to Hunter’s 2022 account.
- **2019** — Zovio acquired TutorMe on April 3; Hunter continued as CEO.
- **2021** — Recognized in the EdTech Awards Founder/CEO - Startup category.
- **2022** — TutorMe business assets were sold on May 23 for $55 million cash and assumption of certain liabilities; GoGuardian announced the acquisition June 27.
- **2022** — Announced his departure from the TutorMe CEO role.
- **2023** — Crunchbase lists a Techstars mentor role beginning in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded TutorMe in 2015 and led it through acquisitions in 2019 and 2022.
- Led TutorMe during reported 330% tutoring-hour growth from 2019 to 2020.
- Recognized in the EdTech Awards 2021 Founder/CEO - Startup category.
- Accepted into the Young Entrepreneur Council in January 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — Crunchbase lists the start of a Techstars mentor role; this is a directory entry.
- **2022-09** — Publicly announced that he had transitioned out of the TutorMe CEO role the previous month.
- **2022-06** — GoGuardian announced its acquisition of TutorMe following the May 23 transaction.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylesnhunter
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mylesnhunter

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Last updated: 2026-10-23