Gareth Shepherd, PhD

Dr. Shepherd co-founded G Squared Capital in 2011, that grew to become one of the foremost hedge funds using artificial intelligence and went on to be acquired by Voya Financial, Inc. For the past 18 years he has also greatly contributed to Davos and industry gatherings all over the world while managing relationships with the investors community. He currently co-heads the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) group, managing investments and philanthropy that focus on healthy aging, longevity medicine, and biomedical research. He has been honored with a UN Sustainability Award, named as a Global Leadership Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and was an Australian Leadership Awardee.