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Connor Toohill
Co-Founder & CEO of Ritual
Connor Toohill is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ritual, a mobile platform designed to enhance wellbeing through guided practices such as meditation, contemplative prayer, and personal reflection. He co-founded the company in 2018 alongside Dante Doig-Acuña and Professor Matt Bloom from the University of Notre Dame, where Toohill himself graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science.123
Before launching Ritual, Toohill gained experience in leadership and entrepreneurship. He worked as a Translational Researcher for the Wellbeing at Work Project at Notre Dame and served as a faculty member at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. His entrepreneurial journey began with co-founding NextGen Journal, a national collegiate media platform, during his undergraduate studies.23
Ritual aims to create a central platform for wellbeing practices, addressing the fragmented nature of existing wellbeing apps by offering a variety of practices guided by experts across different fields. Toohill emphasizes the importance of finding meaningful solutions to problems and building a supportive team in the entrepreneurial journey.134
