# Noah Glass

> Noah Glass is the New York-based founder and CEO of Olo, the restaurant commerce software company he started in 2005. His path runs from restaurant work and Yale to Endeavor in South Africa, a mobile-ordering startup, a 2021 IPO and Olo’s return to private ownership under Thoma Bravo in 2025. He also joined Founder Collective as a Founder Partner and serves on the boards of Portillo’s and Share Our Strength and as a trustee of the Culinary Institute of America.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Olo
- **Organizations:** Olo, Founder Collective, Portillo’s, Share Our Strength, The Culinary Institute of America, Endeavor
- **Education:** B.A. in Political Science (International Relations), Yale University
- **Known for:** Built a mobile-ordering business before the iPhone launch., Led Olo through its 2021 IPO and 2025 transition to private ownership., Ranked first on Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2020 Power List.

## Career timeline

- **1998** — Worked as a pizza delivery driver at Pizza Man in Newton, Massachusetts.
- **2000** — A summer job at Shutterfly helped turn his interest toward building technology products.
- **2003** — Graduated from Yale University.
- **Before 2005** — Worked at Endeavor and helped launch its South African office in Johannesburg.
- **2005** — Founded the mobile-ordering business that became Olo, initially known as GoMobo.
- **2008-2009** — Shifted toward restaurant-paid software rather than acquiring consumers for a standalone service.
- **2012** — Olo reached profitability at year-end, according to Glass’s retrospective account.
- **2019** — Joined Founder Collective as a Founder Partner.
- **2021** — Olo began trading on the NYSE on March 17 after raising $450 million in its IPO.
- **2025** — Thoma Bravo completed its approximately $2 billion equity-value acquisition of Olo on September 12; Glass continued as CEO.
- **2026** — Olo introduced Olo Network in March and launched the Olo App on October 20.

## Achievements

- Built a mobile-ordering business before the iPhone launch.
- Led Olo through its 2021 IPO and 2025 transition to private ownership.
- Ranked first on Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2020 Power List.
- Olo reported serving more than 800 restaurant brands across 90,000 locations in its October 2026 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Olo launched the Olo App on October 20 with more than 250 national and regional restaurant brands.
- **2026-07** — Discussed restaurant work, leadership and support for No Kid Hungry on Share Our Strength’s Add Passion and Stir podcast.
- **2026-03** — Introduced Olo Network, including plans for a consumer app.
- **2025-09** — Continued as founder and CEO following Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Olo.

## Links

- Website: https://www.olo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nhglass
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nhglass
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Last updated: 2026-10-23