# Richard Price

> Richard Price is the English founder and CEO of Academia.edu, a San Francisco research-sharing platform launched in 2008. An Oxford-trained philosopher and former All Souls Prize Fellow, he moved into entrepreneurship after encountering delays in journal publishing and difficulties putting papers online. His earlier ventures included food businesses, student rentals and a Facebook application; he continues to write about philosophy and artificial intelligence.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Academia.edu
- **Organizations:** Academia.edu, University of Oxford, All Souls College, Oxford, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Richard’s Banana Bakery, Dashing Lunches, LiveOut, PeopleRadar
- **Nationality:** English
- **Education:** BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics; First Class, University of Oxford, St Catherine’s College, BPhil, Philosophy, University of Oxford, St Catherine’s College, DPhil, Philosophy; thesis: The Ways Things Look, University of Oxford, All Souls College
- **Known for:** Founded and continues to lead Academia.edu, launched in September 2008., Won an All Souls Prize Fellowship in 2004., Raised £312,500 in initial financing in November 2007.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2004** — Tutor at Corpus Christi College and lecturer at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, according to his CV.
- **2004-2011** — Prize Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
- **2007** — Raised £312,500 from London-based investors in November and moved to San Francisco.
- **2008** — Launched Academia.edu in September with a team including Ben Lund.
- **2016** — Co-authored Open Access Meets Discoverability, published in PLOS ONE on February 17.
- **2019** — Discussed Academia.edu’s 72 million users and subscription model on The Times Tech Podcast in February.
- **2022** — Announced Academia Biology, Academia.edu’s first journal, in October.
- **2025** — Publicly responded to criticism of revised platform terms in September; published an AI book review in December.

## Achievements

- Founded and continues to lead Academia.edu, launched in September 2008.
- Won an All Souls Prize Fellowship in 2004.
- Raised £312,500 in initial financing in November 2007.
- Co-authored a 2016 peer-reviewed PLOS ONE study of citations to papers posted on Academia.edu.
- Led a platform reporting over 315 million members and 65 million hosted papers as checked on October 23, 2026; company-reported cumulative totals.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: Academia.edu’s about page continues to identify Price as founder and CEO and reports over 315 million members and 65 million hosted papers. This date is the verification date, not an announcement date.
- **2025-12** — Published a December 13 review of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares on his personal blog.
- **2025-09** — Responded publicly to criticism of Academia.edu’s revised terms, saying the profile-information licence had been narrowed and made revocable and references to voice and likeness removed.

## Links

- Website: https://richardprice.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardprice/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/richardprice100
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardPrice

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Last updated: 2026-10-23