Scott Wainner (born 1978) is an American Internet entrepreneur and angel investor who founded Fareness and ResellerRatings.

[2] For college, he attended Texas A&M University in 1996, initially in the Aerospace Engineering program and then subsequently as a Computer Science major, but dropped out in 1998.

[4] In 1994, while attending high school, Wainner launched System Optimization, later known as SysOpt.com, a computer hardware review site, ad supported with no funding.

The arbitrator found that EarthWeb had violated its agreement by offloading the business to Internet.com, and had not properly supported the site.

[12] From 2008 through 2012, Wainner hired a team of 12, and worked to grow the ResellerRatings business, reaching annual revenues of $6 Million in 2012 through its subscription platform.

[21] Wainner is a board member of The Pixie Project, a Portland, Oregon-based non-profit animal shelter and rescue.