Robert J. Coughlin

Robert "Bob" Coughlin (born December 20, 1961) is an American entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and prior Chairman/CEO of Paycor, a Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services company.

Early life
Coughlin was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He relocated to Ohio with his family at the age of 10. Coughlin graduated from Anderson High School in Cincinnati. Coughlin has two sisters who were disabled, one from birth and one from an infection as a child. Following graduation from Miami University in 1983, he worked at ADP and Computer Identics, in operations and sales roles.

Paycor
In May 1990, at age 28, Coughlin founded Paycor, Inc. to provide payroll services to the Cincinnati market. Upon Coughlin's retirement in 2019, Paycor served 30,000 clients and had 1,700 employees. Coughlin remained as chairman until fully retiring in 2020.

Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
Coughlin first competed in the New York City Marathon in 1994. Coughlin founded a marathon in Cincinnati to raise money for charity and function as a non-profit. Cincinnati Marathon, Inc. was formed, and the first Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon was held in May 1999. 2023 marked its 25th running, Coughlin and his family also established The Flying Pig Scholars program with Skyline Chili and other contributors, which provides scholarships each year to ten high school cross-country or track and field athletes.

Recognition

 * Paycor named an Inc. Magazine Inc. 500 company in 1996
 * Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award in 1998
 * Association for Corporate Growth "Deal Maker of the Year" 2005
 * Association for Corporate Growth "Lifetime Achievement Award" 2023
 * Junior Achievement of OKI "Greater Cincinnati Business Hall of Fame" 2023
 * Greater Cincinnati Foundation Jacob E. Davis Volunteer Leadership Award 2023