Phoebe Yao, a Thiel Fellow and Stanford alumna, is on a mission to create the playbook for socioeconomic mobility through technology. She is the Founder and CEO of Pareto, a startup building tools for the diamond age, and has been recognized as a thought leader in the entrepreneurship and startup community. Yao's background encompasses a range of roles, including Fellow at Pear VC and Contrary, Entrepreneur In Residence at StartX, and Bootcamp Director at Stanford ASES. She has also held research and product management positions at Microsoft, Lark Health, and Orro. Yao studied Human Centered Design & Engineering at Stanford and completed Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction training at University of Oxford. Her experience in technology, entrepreneurship, and venture capital make her a sought-after speaker and advisor on the future of innovation and socioeconomic equity.