Amy Wilkinson

Amy Wilkinson is founder and CEO of Ingenuity and a faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of Business. A global authority on entrepreneurial leadership and AI-enabled business models, she advises Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups on strategies for profitable growth. A former White House Trade Advisor, Amy also possesses deep expertise in global policymaking and its impact on supply chains and competitiveness, distinguished by strong financial acumen and business judgment.

Renowned for streamlining complexity and identifying critical board-level issues, in 2024, Amy was named to the Directorship 100—a distinction honoring the most influential corporate directors in the United States.  She serves as Independent Director for Hut8 (NASDAQ: HUT) and Innovate (NYSE: VATE), and was the inaugural Board Chair of tech subscription platform Grover.

As author of The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs (Simon & Schuster), Amy has distilled lessons from billion-dollar companies and translated them into practical frameworks that are applied worldwide. Her background spans White House Fellow and Senior Trade Advisor, strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, M&A banker at J.P. Morgan, and founder of export company Alegre. She began her career as the youngest Chief of Protocol for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.

Amy is an ‘Expert on AI-Driven Leadership’ for the World Economic Forum and an ‘Expert on Small Business and Leadership’ for the Wall Street Journal. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she is a sought-after keynote speaker and commentator, shaping national conversations on generative AI, innovation, and the future of work.

Amy earned her BA, MA, and MBA from Stanford University and was a Senior Fellow at Harvard University.