Suneera Madhani is a true trailblazer in the business world. As the founder of Stax Payments, she built one of America's top 10 fastest-growing fintech companies from an idea to over $160 million in recurring revenue, making it a billion-dollar technology platform, which she successfully exited north of $1 Billion. She is the first female CEO to lead a unicorn out of Florida and has received numerous accolades for her success, including being recognized by Fortune's 40 Under 40, EY's Entrepreneur of the Year, Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Influential Women, Inc.'s 100 Female Founders among others.  

After facing countless challenges as a woman in business, Suneera has become a passionate advocate for gender equality and female entrepreneurship. She founded CEO School, a company empowering women to scale their businesses and change the statistics. With less than 2% of female founders ever breaking $1 million in revenue, Suneera is on a mission to make sure her success isn't a unicorn but becomes the norm.

Suneera is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and the first person in her family to attend college.  Beyond her professional achievements, she is a sought after speaker, top 100 podcast host with over 1 million downloads, a mom of two, philanthropist and an avid traveler. Suneera regularly speaks on some of the world’s most coveted stages including; Meta, Capital One, Forbes 30 under 30 and SXSW. Suneera is a role model for balancing work and life and is an angel investor in over 40 businesses.