Lydia Alexandra Renders (formerly Dest) is the Founder/CEO of Willow, a certified B-Corp and a designated WBE (Woman Based Enterprise) investment firm, located in Berkshire County, one of just a few firms with this distinction in the USA. As Chief Investment Officer and Strategist, Alexandra is known for her keen…
Dmitry is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with 15+ years of experience in technology and investments. He launched 7 startups, 3 of them were acquired, and got listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe. Dmitry has been on both sides of the venture industry and founded Uniborn in 2022,…
Khalid Parekh arrived from India with $100 in his pocket in the late 1990s. He is the Founder & CEO of FAIR, an ethical, socially responsible neobank launched in 2021. In addition to Fair, Khalid Parekh is the Founder & CEO of AMSYS Group, a leading global technology and investment…
Dan DiMicco is a leading figure in the US manufacturing and steel industry, with almost 40 years of experience. Dan has used his wealth of experience to govern and successfully grow a number of companies, whilst also advising in public office with the aim of growing US manufacturing. Dan presently…
Louis Hernandez Jr. is the founder, managing director, and CEO of private equity firm, Black Dragon Capital, as well as a philanthropist and author. Before founding Black Dragon Capital, Hernandez founded, operated, and advised companies of all sizes from startups to large multi-billion dollar global enterprises. Louis has a passion…
Giri Devanur is the founder and CEO of reAlpha, a cutting-edge technology company with a plan to empower everyone to invest in the $1.2 trillion short-term rental market. Prior to founding reAlpha, he served as the President and CEO of Ameri100 Inc. and scaled Ameri from $0 to $50M in…
Patrick Chung is managing general partner of Xfund, the early stage venture capital firm that backs lateral thinkers. The firm was founded in 2012 as a partnership between leading U.S. universities and venture capital firms. Xfund closed its latest oversubscribed fund, Xfund 3, in September 2020 at $120 million. Before…
Brandon Green was raised in a mining town in Wyoming, and in 1999 moved to Washington, DC with no money, no prospects, and no college degree. When he started, he was making 20 thousand dollars a year and didn’t know what he wanted to do. Then with the help of…
Jenna Lofton is a Certified Financial Advisor, stock trader, and small business owner currently living in New York City. Jenna holds an MBA with a Financial Focus, as well as an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Maryland. Her experience also includes several years working at different firms…
As founder and CEO of CARROLL, Michael Patrick Carroll is recognized nationwide as a leader in the real estate industry. In his role as CEO, he works to define and implement plans for the overall portfolio CARROLL provides. Expanding the various facets of that portfolio is one of the ways…