About The Speaker
Michele Romanow
“It’s entrepreneurs that build our communities, but if you want to be successful you cannot do it alone.” Tech titan Michele Romanow is a serial entrepreneur who started five companies before her 33rd birthday. In 2015, she became the youngest “Dragon” to join CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den and has been a judge for the last six seasons. Romanow is the Co-founder and President of Clearbanc which has invested more than $1B into 3,300 companies making them the biggest ecommerce investor in the world. As of 2018, her net worth was listed at $187 million. A prolific investor, Romanow was recently named Fortune’s 40 under 40, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women and Canada’s Angel Investor of the Year. Romanow has created digital solutions for many of the world’s leading brands, including P&G, Netflix, Starbucks, and Cirque du Soleil. In the media, Romanow’s work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and The Globe and Mail.
“It’s entrepreneurs that build our communities, but if you want to be successful you cannot do it alone.”
Tech titan Michele Romanow is a serial entrepreneur who started five companies before her 33rd birthday. In 2015, she became the youngest “Dragon” to join CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den and has been a judge for the last six seasons. Romanow is the Co-founder and President of Clearbanc which has invested more than $1B into 3,300 companies making them the biggest ecommerce investor in the world. As of 2018, her net worth was listed at $187 million. A prolific investor, Romanow was recently named Fortune’s 40 under 40, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women and Canada’s Angel Investor of the Year. Romanow has created digital solutions for many of the world’s leading brands, including P&G, Netflix, Starbucks, and Cirque du Soleil. In the media, Romanow’s work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and The Globe and Mail.