Jackie Reses

Jackie Reses is an American businesswoman, investor, author, and philanthropist. She is the Chair, CEO, and co-founder of Lead Bank, a chartered banking-as-a-service platform for builders and innovators. Previously, she was the Executive Chairman of Square Financial Services and Capital Lead and Head of the People Team at Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.). Prior, she was Chief Development Officer at Yahoo! and was a Partner at Apax Partners Worldwide. Jackie also spent seven years at Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions and principal investment areas. She is the Chairwoman of the Economic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is also on the board of directors of Endeavor, Affirm, and Nubank, and the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group and Pershing Square Tontine Holdings. Jackie received a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics and graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also co-authored Self Made Boss, a newly published book to help small businesses start, run and grow their business. She holds multiple patents in payments, credit, and cryptocurrency. As an angel investor, Jackie Reses focuses on early-stage investments in sectors such as financial services, information technology, software and internet, e-commerce, payments, enterprise software, fintech, consumer internet, insurance, blockchain, media, telecom, healthcare, real estate, and energy. Her investment range typically spans from $5,000 to $50,000, with a sweet spot around $25,000. Notable past investments include companies like Pomelo and Built Technologies. She has demonstrated experience in supporting a range of businesses across various sectors. Jackie Reses has served on the boards of several prominent organizations, including the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and National Public Radio (NPR). She has also been involved with organizations such as Good+Foundation, Citymeals-on-Wheels, and Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit networking platform for businesswomen. Her leadership roles and philanthropic efforts underscore her commitment to fostering innovation and supporting diverse communities in the business world.