Jessica Wilson
CEO
Women Making Waves
Australia
Jess is a real example of small town girl turned globally recognised and awarded tech entrepreneur. Starting her first business at 16 and second at 22 which she scaled into 130 countries and was a finalist contestant on China’s version of Shark Tank x The Apprentice ‘The Next Unicorn’ which aired to 15M p/episode.
Jess has taken on industries ripe for disruption utilising technology with millennial and Gen-Z markets at the forefront.
More recently, co-founding Waves Tech Ventures a company which leverages emerging technologies to create impact. The first portfolio company, Women Making Waves is a Web3 company funding and scaling women’s rights law reform in Australia and the United States introducing a new demographic to philanthropy and revenue stream to charities. WMW has collaborated with the likes of Google and partnered with the likes of Deepak Chopra’s The Chopra Foundation.
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Jess has been pinned by Forbes as one of 1,000 entrepreneurs under 30 to change the world in the next 50 years, appeared on Smart Company’s 30 under 30 three times and toured as the opening keynote speaker for Tony Robbins and Tom Bilyue throughout their national tours.