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Michele Romanow

"Dragon", CBC's Dragons’ Den | Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Clearco

Michele Romanow
There Is a Massive Shift in the Way That People Want to Work
Michele Romanow
CBC News: Michele Romanow, The Youngest Dragon in the Den
Michele
Michele
Michele Romanow
There Is a Massive Shift in the Way That People Want to Work
Michele Romanow
CBC News: Michele Romanow, The Youngest Dragon in the Den

Tech titan Michele Romanow is a serial entrepreneur who started six companies before her 35th birthday. A “Dragon” on CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den, Romanow is the co-founder and executive chair of Clearco, the world’s largest e-commerce investor. It has invested over $5 billion into 10,000 entrepreneurs in 13 countries. Prior to this, she co-founded SnapSaves, acquired by American tech giant Groupon, and Buytopia.ca, acquired by Emerge.

Romanow joined Dragons’ Den in 2015, becoming their youngest judge to date. That same year, she co-founded Clearco which earned unicorn status by 2021, making it one of only 23 fintech unicorns in the world to be founded or co-founded by a woman as of 2022. A prolific investor, she was named one of Fortune’s “40 under 40”, a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, one of Canada’s “100 Most Powerful in Canada” by WXN, 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. Her work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and the Globe and Mail. In 2021, Romanow was honoured with RBC’s Women of Influence Innovation Award.

Romanow is a director for Vail Resorts, BBTV, and Queen’s School of Business. Previously, she was a director for Freshii, Whistler Blackcomb, SHAD International, and League of Innovators. Romanow also co-founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative non-profit with Sir Richard Branson and is the host of The Audible Original podcast, The Revisionaries.

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  • Michele’s fresh, authentic and genuine approach engaged the audience from the moment she took the stage. She is a born storyteller and she wove her story into the same journey our audience faces every day. Very talented. An accomplished business titan that captured the audience at hello!

  • Michele’s talk at the 2017 Canadian Personal Finance Conference was definitely an event highlight for our attendees! Her story of entrepreneurship and iteration was a great fit for the conference theme. She was an incredibly engaging speaker, and took the time to answer questions both during and after her talk. It was a pleasure hearing Michele share her experiences with our audience.

  • Michele was an excellent addition to our #EConnect event series! Our event sold out in under one week and on the day of she was on time, told an excellent story to inspire entrepreneurs and hosted an excellent meet and greet with attendees!

  • Michele was AMAZING…She resonated well with both the youth and the women leaders in the audience.

  • Michele’s talk outlined the entrepreneurial journey, and was positive and engaging. Everyone only had great things to say about it, and her. Michele was wonderful to deal with and genuinely wanted to connect with as many of the participants as she could.

  • The event went great and Michele was a hit! She was a joy to work with and our attendees loved her training and Q &A session.

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