Australian-born Alex Zaccaria is the Co-founder and CEO of Linktree—the category-creating tech company that enables brands, creators, artists and businesses to connect and express their entire digital presence. Valued at $1.3bn USD, Linktree has over 1.8bn monthly visitors and 50 million users globally, including Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Stephen Curry, HBO, and TikTok. As a major player in the creator economy driving nearly 2% of all traffic to Amazon, Linktree has now expanded into social commerce enabling creators to further monetize their audiences. Working in his family’s business from a young age, Alex has always gravitated toward entrepreneurship. After realizing that university wasn’t for him, he went on to launch Bolster with his brother Anthony—the leading music and entertainment specialist digital agency with clients spanning RedBull, YouTube Music and Australia’s largest music festivals. His interest in supporting businesses doesn’t stop with Linktree. Alex co-founded Side Stage Ventures, a founder-led seed fund that backs the next generation of Australia’s most ambitious founders. As an angel investor, Alex has backed early-stage startups that include Heaps Normal, Mr Yum, Who Gives a Crap and Tixel—shaped by his commitment to not only democratise whose ideas get funded, but also lay the foundations for a vibrant tech ecosystem in Australia for decades to come.