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David S. Kidder Keynote Speaker | Founder & CEO, The Board of Life | Author, New York Times Best Seller | Builder of Systems for Resilient Growth
David S. Kidder is a four time exited founder, a two time New York Times bestselling author, super angel investor in 150+ startups, winner of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, and one of the most trusted voices in the world on igniting resilient growth for leaders and within enterprises.
As co-founder and CEO of Bionic, David built the GrowthOS™ and bootstrapped the company to $30 million in annual revenue, partnering directly with CEOs and leadership teams at Nike, Procter & Gamble, Citi, GE, and more than forty other Fortune 500 organizations. In 2021, Bionic was acquired by Accenture Song in what became one of their most successful acquisitions in history, catalyzing more than $10 billion in new revenue growth for partners. His methodology is captured in his best selling book, New to Big, and is taught as a matriculated Harvard Business Review case study on enterprise growth and innovation.
David is now channeling that same conviction into two new ventures. PreMortem is an AI native commercial decision system that tells leaders whether their most consequential initiatives are actually on course, before capital and credibility are locked in. Apogee is a Human and AI operating system rooted in behavioral science that unlocks leadership performance through an identity level shift in how teams collaborate, decide, and grow.. Together with his forthcoming books, The Board of Life (2026) and The Power of the PreMortem (2027), these ventures represent the next chapter of David's mission.
David's books, including The Startup Playbook, New to Big, and The Intellectual Devotional Series, have collectively sold more than one million copies across 18 languages. His work has been recognized by Adam Grant, the late Clay Christensen, and founders and investors such as Marc Andreessen for shaping how a generation of leaders build and scale what comes next. He has invested in more than 150 ventures as a super angel investor, giving him a front row seat to the patterns of growth, resilience, and reinvention that define enduring success.