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.

What Jess Speaks About:

Women Leadership
Available for: Keynote / Panel discussion
Jess imparts key learnings from a mindset and tactical skill perspective for aspiring women entrepreneurs, interprepreneurs and leadership teams.

Emerging technology + Innovation
Available for: Keynote / Panel discussion /Boardroom briefing
A look into what new waves of technology look like and how we have experienced throughout history, understanding experiential curves and discussions around Web3 and AI.

Gender Equality + Disruption
Available for: Keynote / Panel discussion
A look into gender equality and disruption and innovation towards creating a more equitable world.

The entrepreneurs Journey
Available for: Keynote / Panel discussion / MC
This is Jess’s most booked keynote and what she toured the country with Tony Robbins speaking on. The journey of an entrepreneur from the age of 16 from a mindset, story telling and tactical skill perspective.

Resilience tools
Available for: Keynote / Panel discussion
This is a very empowering keynote providing actionable resilience tools to the audience whilst leaving feeling inspired and ready to back themselves when they come across adversity.