Monty Metzger: Digital Leadership
Futurist, digital leadership expert, and technology entrepreneur Monty Metzger helps organizations navigate exponential technologies and future-proof innovation strategies.
Quick Facts:
- International futurist and digital leadership expert
- Founded his first internet company at age 18
- Completed executive programs at Harvard Business School
- Founder of a global trend research consultancy
- Formats:
Futurist | Digital Leadership Speaker | Technology Strategist
- Audiences:
Executives, entrepreneurs, innovation teams, government leaders, technology professionals, financial institutions, and organizations preparing for digital transformation and future disruption.
- Outcomes:
- Understand emerging technologies and their business implications
- Develop strategies to navigate digital disruption and innovation
- Future-proof organizations for long-term growth and competitiveness
- Travels from: Vaduz, Lichtenstein
- **Fee range: $20,001 - $35,000
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Talent Short Bio
Monty Metzger is an internationally recognized futurist, technology entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader specializing in digital leadership, exponential technologies, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and emerging trends shaping the future of business. With more than two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor, he helps organizations understand disruption and capitalize on the opportunities created by rapid technological change.
Monty’s entrepreneurial journey began remarkably early. At just 18 years old, while still in school, he founded his first internet company in 1998. After studying Business Administration and Electronic Marketing in Switzerland and Germany and completing executive programs at Harvard Business School, he continued building innovative ventures at the forefront of the digital economy.
In 2003, Monty founded a global trend research consultancy with offices in Munich, Tokyo, Beijing, and New York. Following the successful sale of the company in 2008, he expanded into investing and business angel activities while establishing himself as one of Europe’s leading voices on future technologies and innovation.
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