Education
Ryan briefly attended University of California, Riverside, where he studied political science and creative writing.
Ryan briefly attended University of California, Riverside, where he studied political science and creative writing.
He is the media strategist behind authors Tucker Max and Robert Greene, the former Director of Marketing for American Apparel and an editor-at-large for the New York Observer. Holiday began his professional career after dropping out of college at the age of 19. He worked for Tucker Max, the controversial fratire author
Holiday worked with Tucker Max to orchistrate a media craze by trying to get planned parenthood to name a clinic after him.
Later, Holiday would work with Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, on Greene"s 2009 New York Times bestselling book, The 50th Law. Today, he still advises or works with a variety of bestselling authors including Max, Greene, and Timothy Ferriss.
He left the company in October 2014. He has been responsible for a number of manipulative stunts and media controversies, and has been accused of being a "media manipulator." In February 2014, Holiday was named Editor-at-Large of the New York Observer"s tech website BetaBeat.
Holiday has also written for Forbes, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, The Columbia Journalism Review, ThoughtCatalog, Medium.com and the New York Observer, where he is the media columnist.