Farley Mesko is co-founder and CEO of Sayari, a global risk intelligence company that helps governments and businesses understand complex commercial networks and the risks hidden within them. Sayari is used by government investigators, financial institutions and multinational companies to uncover hidden ownership, trace supply chains and investigate financial and national security risks.
Before founding Sayari in 2015, Farley was Chief Operating Officer of C4ADS, a Washington-based national security research organization focused on illicit networks and transnational security threats. He has spent much of his career working on questions involving national security, financial crime and global commerce.
Farley has testified before Congress on the use of open-source data to combat terrorist financing and has briefed military commanders, ambassadors and other senior U.S. government officials. His research has been published by organizations including the United Nations, Brookings Institution and World Bank.
Earlier in his career, Farley worked as a journalist in East Africa and conducted research in conflict zones including northern Mali and southern Somalia. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College.
Under Farley’s leadership, Sayari has grown from a Washington national security startup into a global intelligence platform used by government agencies and major companies around the world.