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Matt Gray

Go-getter · DISC type d
Founder & CEO at Pangea
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Matt Gray is the Founder and CEO of Pangea, a travel technology platform. Leveraging a decade of fintech experience from ION Group, he is applying a business consolidation strategy to the travel space, starting with the acquisition of Overlap. A graduate of Villanova University, colleagues describe him as a strong leader.

Matt is a full-time world traveler who has visited over 100 countries. His passion for exploration was sparked by studying abroad in Vienna. He is an adrenaline enthusiast who enjoys bungee jumping, scuba diving, and kitesurfing, and calls Cape Town one of his favorite cities on earth.

He was personally honored to be mentioned in the same context as the first person to travel to all 193 countries and to space.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Matt shows up

Vision Oriented
Challenger
Self-Confident

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Matt cares about

Travel Technology
Aims to solve fragmentation in the travel industry by building a leading platform focused on connecting people and creating shared experiences.
Business Consolidation
Is applying a consolidation playbook learned during his 10 years in fintech at ION Group to the travel technology sector, starting with acquiring Overlap.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Founder & CEO
Pangea
1-2023
Founder
Pangea
11-2025
Product Owner
Overlap App (Acquired by Pangea)
8-2025
Co-Host
NomadWeek
8-2015 - 8-2024
Board Advisor
Discover Camp
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Villanova University
2006 - 2010
Education details unavailable
Mamaroneck High School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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