Taryn Williams

Taryn Williams is a multi-award winning founder & CEO, and over the course of 20+ years has earned a reputation as one of Australia’s most prolific entrepreneurs at the intersection of talent, media, and technology.

Her latest project is #Gifted, a shopify plug-in enabling brands to manage their influencer contra gifting at scale, is already being used by some of Australia’s biggest brands including Accor Hotels, PE Nation, Estee Lauder, and Panasonic. Co-founded with early-stage Canva and Atlassian employee, James Dumay, this SaaS business launched in 2023.

A former model, at just 21 Taryn founded WINK Models, which grew to become one of Australia’s most successful commercial modelling agencies, which she still owns. In 2016 she launched online talent-brand matching and booking marketplace for models, actors, influencers, makeup artists, photographers, & videographers, theright.fit, followed by a full service influencer marketing agency, The Influencers Agency.

After raising venture capital with leading VC Firm Airtree Ventures, along with other strategic partners and international funds, theright.fit grew to having over 17,000 talent and 11,000 clients making thousands of bookings a month across APAC, enabling Taryn to successfully exit both businesses to international acquirers in 2023.

Taryn is a sought-after commentator on tech, entrepreneurship, and business and is a Board Director of Next25, Digital + Technology Collective, board advisor to All G Foods, Lamborghini FAB, and host of the Vodafone Business Web Series & Podcast.

She has appeared extensively in the media and is a speaker of choice for leading conferences including Vivid Sydney, Online Retailer, Business Chicks, ADMA Global Forum, and Mumbrella (B2B, Luxury and 360). She is also a seasoned keynote speaker on topics spanning digital disruption, personal branding, and social media strategy for the likes of Commonwealth Bank, Western Australian Tourism, and Diageo.

Among numerous awards & accolades – 2018 Mumbrella Award for Innovation, 2017 B&T Women in Media Tech Leader, B&T Hot 30 under 30, & SmartCompany 30 under 30 to name a few – Taryn has also been named as a finalist for leading national awards including Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Women’s Agenda Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, and AIM Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

In recognition of her continued success not only as a global influencer and industry disruptor, but as a founder and CEO, she was recently named in B&T’s Women in Media Power List for the third consecutive year.