Jes Wolfe

Jes Wolfe is CEO of Rebel Girls, a global, multi-platform girl empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident generation of girls through content, experiences, products and community.

To date, Rebel Girls has sold more than 10 million books in 50 languages and 110 countries. Their audio stories have nearly 50 million listens via podcast, app, YouTube and in-flight entertainment and devices. Under Wolfe, the Rebel Girl offerings have further expanded with partnerships including those with Nike and Google, and in the metaverse with House of Blueberry on Roblox and Minecraft via Stride, an educational company.

Wolfe joined Rebel Girls as a board member in 2019 and then became CEO in 2020. Before then, she worked in investment banking and consulting. She also flexed her entrepreneurial muscles by building Hoodline, a technology media company that eventually sold to Nextdoor. She became an angel investor, focusing on women-led companies and funds.

Wolfe joined YPO in 2021 and is an independent angel investor and startup adviser focusing on female-founded companies and funds. Her areas of expertise include strategy, customer acquisition, distribution, fundraising, voice of customer and financial modeling.