Ryan Cecil serves as CEO, CFO, and Master Blender of Pursuit Spirits, an award-winning whiskey brand with a new homeplace on Whiskey Row in Louisville. Born and raised in Bardstown — the heart of Kentucky's bourbon country — Cecil grew up surrounded by the industry, with generations of family working in and alongside distilleries. That full sensory immersion planted a lifelong passion for the tipple, one that eventually led him and longtime friend Kenny Coleman to launch Bourbon Pursuits in 2018: a podcast built on organic, personal, passionate conversations between whiskey brands and the people who love them. It grew to become the highest-rated and most-listened-to show in its category, and the duo's popularity opened the door to Pursuit Spirits. Rather than operating a traditional distillery, Cecil and Coleman pioneered a modern, customized approach to blending — leveraging the same endless curiosity that built the podcast to seek out and blend exceptional American whiskeys from across the country. At Pursuit Spirits, Cecil oversees product development, company vision, and financials