Ryan Lee Binkley (born November 19, 1967) is an American pastor, businessman and politician. With his wife Ellie, he co-founded the Richardson, Texas-based Create Church in 2014, for which he serves as lead pastor. Prior, he began his career as a young adult pastor for Victory World Church in 1996, and founded Generational Group a decade later, a financial advisory firm for which he serves as chief executive officer (CEO).

He was a "long-shot" candidate for president of the United States in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, in which he received 25,489 votes. In 2025, he announced his candidacy for Texas's 32nd congressional district in the 2026 United States House of Representatives elections. He was set to face Jace Yarbrough in a runoff, but withdrew.

Binkley was born in Columbus, Georgia on November 19, 1967. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and marketing from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. He also has a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business. After Binkley moved to Atlanta at age 24 to pursue Christian ministry, his brother was killed by a drunk driver; Binkley said that this was what led to him returning to Texas.

Upon Binkley's return to Texas, he spent a year away from pastoral work and spent time working in the family business. Binkley worked for Procter & Gamble and Boston Scientific before selling his family's company and co-founding his own consulting firm, the Generational Equity Group, in 2004, which advises businesses on mergers and acquisitions. Binkley has been a franchise owner of Dave's Hot Chicken since the business's expansion to the Dallas–Fort Worth area in 2021.

After both were ordained at their local church, Binkley and his wife were sent to plant a church in Richardson, Texas in 2013. Using the church's entire savings, a plot along Central Expressway was purchased and construction on the new church building began in 2018. As of 2020^[update], Create Church had a weekly attendance of 650 people. A new building across the street from the church was constructed for Generational Group, and Binkley reported that he split his time evenly between working in the two buildings. Binkley said that the new building was designed with "plenty of open spaces and natural lighting", with a 30-foot window meant to "bring the community inside".

Binkley announced in April 2023 that he would seek the party's nomination for the 2024 United States presidential election. Binkley said a divine revelation from God instructed him to run for president. He said the message from the divine came to him in 2016 telling him that the nation is in trouble. Binkley's campaign was described in May 2023 as built around "solutions for the country", with him calling himself a "uniter", criticizing both Republicans and Democrats for being overly partisan. His four major planks included balancing the federal budget, reducing health care costs, bipartisan efforts to reform immigration policy, and "revitalizing education" to encourage community involvement.

Binkley's campaign was described as a "long-shot" upon his announcement that he was running. He demonstrated trouble differentiating himself from other candidates while on the campaign trail. By the time he announced that he would drop out and endorsed Donald Trump on February 27, 2024, Binkley's campaign was considered an "[u]ltra-long-shot".

Binkley focused much of his campaigning in Iowa, where the first caucus is held. There, he spoke with the local media and bought $250,000 in radio advertisements. He spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner on July 28, an important platform for candidates in the state.