Poonam Sharma
Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Board Member & VC

 

Poonam Sharma is a PropTech leader with a passion for innovating around the built world.
 

A public and private board member, serial entrepreneur, published author and public speaker, she currently serves as an Independent Board Member for Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp III (Ticker FWAC), and recently launched Arden Digital Ventures, an affiliate of The Arden Group. Previously CEO of Raise (which aimed to revolutionize childcare for the future of work), and Founder of StealthForce (the gig economy of real estate; a resource and project management platform for CRE, which was exited in early 2019), she was an early voice in proptech, bringing years of institutional real estate experience to the innovation movement. Prior to StealthForce, she was Deputy to the Head of Global Real Estate Asset Management at Partners Group AG ($40 bn AUM), VP at a developer of senior housing and hotels, and earlier employee 13 at The Gerson Lehrman Group, which was the world's first institutional expert network.

 

Poonam earned her BA at Harvard and MBA at Wharton, and spent over a decade in real estate development and investment. Twice named a top female CEO in CREtech, she has been featured in The New York Times, Inc. Magazine, Harvard Business Review, NBC News, and more. She is also an author and experienced public speaker (ULI, ICSC, CRETech, etc.) who has published four books in five languages which have been printed worldwide.