Amy M. Wilkinson

Amy Wilkinson is an innovation expert, founder and CEO of Ingenuity, and a Stanford Business School faculty member celebrated for her ability to merge academic insights with real-world business acumen. In her leadership role at Ingenuity, she provides C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, and investors with the tools to ignite growth in business. She helps Fortune 500 companies constructively engage and retain their talent pools, while finding and fostering entrepreneurs within their ranks. Specializing in high-growth ventures, Wilkinson has distilled lessons from over 200 top entrepreneurs -- including founders of Airbnb, LinkedIn, and SpaceX -- into her global bestseller, “The Creator’s Code: The Six Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs."

With a career that spans the White House, Harvard, Wall Street and her own startups, Wilkinson bridges the worlds of business, technology, and policy. Her expertise as a former White House Fellow and trade advisor provides her audience with unparalleled insights into how policymaking impacts global business, making her talks a strategic resource for CEOs and policymakers alike.

Recognized as an innovation expert by the World Economic Forum and Wall Street Journal, Wilkinson has contributed to a wide variety of media platforms. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and public company boards of HUT 8 Corp and Innovate Corp, as well as several Silicon Valley startups, she continuously shapes discussions that matter.