Ryan Nicodemus is a New York Times best selling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix star, international speaker, and small group mentor. After moving around as a child, his family settled in Ohio when he was eight. He handled sales and marketing for a telecommunications company with his childhood friend Joshua Fields Mullburn prior to co-founding The Minimalists. Their website, books, podcast, and documentaries led them to speak at a multitude of venues, tour internationally, and get recognized in innumerable publications. Ryan makes his home in Missoula, Montana.