Jess Wilson

Jess Wilson is a real example of a 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 utilizing technology with millennial and Gen-Z markets at the forefront, establishing her as a leading voice in women leadership, innovation and emerging technologies.

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 tech company funding and scaling women’s rights law reform in Australia and the United States introducing a new demographic to philanthropy, working with law reform experts who have changed an accumulative 45+ laws and counting. WMW has collaborated with the likes of Google, Tiktok, Airbnb and partnered with the likes of Deepak Chopra’s The Chopra Foundation.

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, Tom Bilyue throughout their national tours and MC and interviewed Sir Richard Branson throughout his recent Australia visit.

Jess has featured in media publications such as Forbes, The Huffpost, Virgin, the front page of The Australian national newspaper, Vogue, Harper Bazaar, ABC, The AFR, Studio10 and CNN to name a few.

Previous speaking engagement clients include Forbes Australia, KPMG, Domain, Carsales.com, Google, Airbnb, Law Institute of Victoria (LIV), YPO, PWC, Workato, SXSW, Newscorp, Jobs Australia, Coffs Harbour city council to name a few.