Ian Morris is an American 🏷️#entrepreneur and technology executive, and the co-founder and CEO of Likewise, a Bill Gates-backed entertainment discovery platform that recommends TV shows, movies, books, and podcasts. In 2023 Likewise launched Pix, an AI companion for entertainment recommendations. Before Likewise, Morris was president and CEO of 📝Market Leader, originally HouseValues, for more than a decade.
Under Morris, HouseValues went public in 2004, rebranded as Market Leader in 2008, and grew into a provider of software for real estate professionals before Trulia acquired it in 2013. Earlier, after earning an MBA from Harvard Business School, he spent seven years at Microsoft, where he led early online marketing efforts for MSN and was general manager of Microsoft HomeAdvisor, one of the first consumer real estate sites in the United States. He has served on the boards of 📝Commissions Inc. and Nearmap.
Ian and I worked together at Market Leader, where I was the first CFO, and at Commissions Inc. Ian is a great CEO, has a brilliant mind, and is, most importantly, very funny.