Zach Clayton

Zach Clayton is founder and CEO of Three Ships, which owns a collection of digital marketplace businesses that enable brands to efficiently connect with consumers and help them buy with confidence. The company’s businesses have more than 300 employees. Zach is a “digital lifer.” He started New Media Campaigns, a web and application development firm, as an undergraduate and published his first research paper on social media well before Facebook was public or Instagram existed. He has worked with leading private equity firms and more than 50 private equity-backed clients, advising investors, CEOs, and CMOs on digital strategy.

He received a BA from University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa honoree, and his MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Zach serves on the boards of the Dix Park Conservancy, With Honor, and Business for Educational Success and Transformation NC.

He, his wife, Katie, and their four children live in Raleigh, North Carolina.