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The global stage where women, capital, and innovation converge.
“The Women & Wealth Summit was built to match the scale of what’s coming. MENA is rising, capital is shifting, and the faces shaping the future are changing. This isn’t about exclusive circles—it’s about intentional ones. If you believe capital is more than currency—it’s influence, ideas, and direction—you belong here.”
Opening remarks
Welcoming HRH Ambassador Reema Bandar Al-Saud
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Global wealth is shifting — women are set to control over half within 5 years.
Riyadh is becoming the fastest-growing hub for venture, finance, and innovation.
Women’s participation is central to global prosperity.
This Summit is where capital, community, and culture meet.
Panels, keynotes, and deal rooms with investors, founders, and innovators reshaping financial systems and markets.
Exploring wealth as wellness and performance: how health, longevity, and human capital drive economies.
Global leaders and changemakers on how networks, leadership, and collective influence shape industries and societies.
WHAT YOUR TICKET INCLUDES
Your All-Access Pass to the Summit Experience
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Startup Pods
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Founder Marketplace
Summit Access
Networking Spaces
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Playbook Core
1 Year Access
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250+ curated speakers across capital, tech, and leadership
Interactive zones: Fintech pods, investor lounges, founder marketplace
Executive briefings and high-context roundtables
Lifestyle-infused spaces: Finance Bookstore, Author Lounge, Headshot Studio, Money Mindset pop-up
Networking designed for action, not small talk
All You Need to Know
Yes — every ticket includes 12 months of Playbook Core membership.
Women professionals, founders, investors, executives, and innovators from all backgrounds — plus partners committed to shaping global wealth.
Speakers are revealed in waves. Early Bird secures best pricing before the lineup is announced.
Yes — contact us directly for group ticketing or sponsorship packages.
Dedicated spaces where women-led ventures showcase their work and connect directly with investors.
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“This summit is more than a convening. It is a continuum of our region’s journey toward inclusive prosperity.”
Curated connections, real momentum
Curated connections with founders, investors, and leaders. Limited to 100 participants.
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Deal flow, on stage. Conversations, off stage
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Watch female-led startups pitch live. Connect with founders. Access real deal flow.
On-Stage Commitment
Turning Alignment into Action
High-signal conversations. Zero noise
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Participants are intentionally matched into small pods with senior leaders, investors, and experienced operators for strategic conversations that would normally take months to access.
This is where:
Each session is facilitated, time-bound, and designed to deliver clarity, direction, and next steps.
Why this is different
Inspiring Voices at the Summit
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Inspiring Voices at Women & Wealth Summit
The esteemed judges of Summit
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Sessions That Shift Capital & Leadership
The largest transfer of wealth in history is underway. This session explores what truly shifts when women move from inheritors to decision-makers — and how markets, families, and institutions must adapt.
The largest transfer of wealth in history is underway. This session explores what truly shifts when women move from inheritors to decision-makers — and how markets, families, and institutions must adapt.
Real estate remains one of the most resilient asset classes across economic cycles. This session explores how investors use property strategically to anchor portfolios, manage risk, and build durable, long-term wealth.
Private markets are opening up — but access without discipline creates risk. This panel explores how platforms, regulators, and market participants are expanding participation in private capital markets while preserving trust, transparency, and market integrity.
How can we train the brain to anticipate the future rather than to react to it? How do we recognize the disruptions emerging today that might become the biggest wealth drivers tomorrow? Which mental models help us navigate complexity, and which ones hold us back? What separates people who see emerging opportunities from those who miss them entirely?
Markets don’t operate in a vacuum — they are designed. This panel explores how policy, regulation, and institutions quietly shape capital flows, talent mobility, and long-term economic outcomes.
Before traction comes trust. This session explores how early belief capital shapes founders, ecosystems, and outcomes long before institutions step in.
A more personal, story-driven approach that traces your evolution as a leader. This angle allows for reflection on the milestones that shaped you, the mindset required to grow and scale, and the lessons you believe are most valuable for women founders today.
Venture capital doesn’t just fund startups — it shapes entire economies. This session looks at where VC truly drives growth as an economic engine.
AI is attracting unprecedented attention and capital. This conversation focuses on where real value is being created — and where caution and deeper questions are needed.
At the highest levels of leadership and capital, trust is what enables access, mobility, and opportunity across borders. This panel explores how relationships and networks function as a form of currency — shaping global access, long-term partnerships, and influence in an interconnected world.
As capital becomes digital, exposure increases. This session unpacks modern cybersecurity and fraud risks — and what leaders must do to safeguard value.
You don’t need to be a finance expert — but you do need financial clarity. This session equips leaders to engage confidently with numbers, risk, and decision-making.
Capital behaves differently depending on context. This session explores how investors deploy capital across regional markets while balancing opportunity, regulation, and long-term value creation.
Saudi Arabia offers scale — but not shortcuts. This session examines what it truly takes to expand successfully in the Kingdom.
Public and private capital now coexist in most portfolios. This session helps investors understand when each instrument works best — and why alignment matters.
Decision-making power often lives behind closed doors. This session demystifies how access is earned and influence is exercised at board level.
Patient capital shapes decades, not quarters. This conversation examines how long-term allocators think about risk, legacy, and alignment.
Wealth compounds when experience turns into capital allocation. This session explores the transition from operator to investor.
يهدف الحوار إلى بناء وعي تدريجي لدى النساء بشأن الشؤون المالية، وليس دفعهن لقرارات سريعة. رغم التحولات الاقتصادية وانتشار الفرص الاستثمارية، لا تزال علاقة غالبية النساء بالمال تتسم بالحذر والاعتماد على الآخرين في اتخاذ القرارات، بدلاً من التخطيط والمبادرة. السؤال المركزي الذي يطرحه الحوار ليس "هل يجب على المرأة أن تستثمر؟"، بل "كيف تُدار شؤونها المالية اليوم، ومن هو صانع القرار الحقيقي؟".
Prioritizing safety and liquidity can feel prudent — but over time, it may quietly limit growth, returns, and opportunity. This panel examines how an excessive focus on capital preservation can reduce long-term wealth creation.
Uncertainty has become the default setting. This conversation examines how investors stay grounded, disciplined, and long-term focused when volatility dominates headlines.
Giving strategically can be as powerful as investing. This session explores modern philanthropy models focused on structure and impact.
Signals for the future are already emerging. This session looks ahead to the forces shaping capital allocation over the next ten years.
Family enterprises are a cornerstone of the regional economy, yet many face pivotal moments of transition. This panel examines how family-led businesses evolve governance, leadership, and strategy to sustain growth across generations.
Performance has long been designed around incomplete assumptions. This session explores how science, data, and research — particularly research centred on women — are reshaping how leaders build sustainable, high-performance systems.
Energy shapes decision-making. This session connects nutrition, metabolic health, and cognitive performance to leadership effectiveness.
Economic competitiveness increasingly depends on how talent is developed, not just how capital is deployed. This session examines how education systems and skills pipelines must evolve to meet the needs of the next economy.
The next phase of economic growth will be shaped by who holds capital — and how it is deployed. This panel explores the intersection of women’s leadership, sustainability, and long-term value creation as markets shift toward more inclusive and climate-aligned models.
Women’s health has been underdesigned for decades. This session explores femtech as critical infrastructure — and one of the most significant innovation opportunities ahead.
As careers evolve, so do the forces that drive ambition. This panel explores how leaders recognize shifting motivators, normalize recalibration, and make intentional pivots aligned with who they are now — not who they used to be.
Setbacks are an inevitable part of long careers. This panel explores how leaders rebuild confidence, recalibrate direction, and re-enter with greater clarity, credibility, and resilience after moments of disruption or self-doubt.
Leadership is communicated before it’s spoken. This session explores how presence, communication, and conduct shape credibility, authority, and trust in senior leadership environments.
Clarity under pressure is a competitive advantage. This session focuses on mental fitness, decision-making under load, and leadership resilience.
Traditional success metrics are being challenged. This session explores how leaders redefine progress through sustainability and long-term alignment.
Economic strength is increasingly defined by human wellbeing. This session examines how health, wellness, and quality of life are becoming core measures of prosperity — reshaping policy, investment, and leadership priorities.
Crisis response doesn’t end with safety — it continues through economic recovery. This panel examines how NGOs support women through crisis care, workforce re-entry, and long-term economic enablement.
High performance demands integrated health. This session connects physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to leadership longevity.
Technical expertise alone no longer defines effective leadership. This panel explores why situational awareness, emotional intelligence, and context sensitivity have become critical skills for navigating complex teams, power dynamics, and high-stakes environments.
Coaching creates impact when it’s designed as a system, not a one-off interaction. This session explores how structured coaching and mentoring become leadership infrastructure that accelerates growth and capability.
Brands born in the region are increasingly competing — and winning — on the global stage. This session explores how founders build internationally relevant brands while staying rooted in local culture, consumer insight, and operational discipline.
As organisations flatten and influence decouples from hierarchy, leadership increasingly happens without formal authority. This session explores how individuals lead from the middle, build credibility, and translate informal influence into recognized impact.
Impact alone doesn’t scale — story does. This session explores how social and impact-driven leaders translate purpose into narratives that move capital and people.
Not all relationships create leverage. This conversation focuses on building networks that grow in relevance, value, and impact over the long term.
Perception shapes capital as much as performance. This panel explores how cultural narratives, media framing, and storytelling influence investor confidence, consumer behaviour, and economic momentum.
This session explores how women leaders are transforming traditional philanthropy into strategic, outcome-driven capital. Our Guest Speaker will share insights on moving beyond donations toward sustainable impact models that combine financial returns, social value, and long-term systems change.
Reputation now travels faster than resumes. This session examines how credibility, clarity, and consistency turn personal brand into long-term leverage.
Constant visibility can dilute authority. This conversation examines how leaders maintain relevance, credibility, and impact over time without overexposure or burnout.
Access is rarely neutral. This session unpacks who controls entry points to power — and how influence is granted, restricted, and reshaped.
When networks scale, they become platforms. This conversation explores how relationships evolve into structures that create sustained access and opportunity.
Legacy is built collectively, not individually. This session explores how networks are designed to outlast leaders and carry influence forward.
Crisis response doesn’t end with safety — it continues through economic recovery. This panel examines how NGOs support women through crisis care, workforce re-entry, and long-term economic enablement.
Progress accelerates when alliances replace silos. This session explores how collaboration becomes a deliberate growth strategy.
Creativity is no longer peripheral to economic growth — it is central. This session examines the creative economy as a scalable, investable sector driving jobs, exports, and national competitiveness.
The strongest networks survive leadership transitions. This session explores how networks are designed for continuity and purpose.
The Garage at KACST
The Women Shaping Wealth Summit will be hosted at The Garage, the Middle East’s largest startup hub, located within King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh.
Purpose-built to support entrepreneurship at scale, The Garage is home to over 300 startups and delivers incubation, acceleration, and global partnership programs including Antler Middle East, MVP Lab, and GAIA.
With state-of-the-art facilities, a 1,000+ capacity event space, and a thriving innovation community, The Garage represents the future of Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem — making it the natural home for a Summit shaping the future of wealth, leadership, and capital.
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More Than An Awards Ceremony
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The Women Shaping Wealth Gala Awards is an exclusive evening dedicated to recognizing the exceptional individuals. Women leaders, innovators, and male allies... all those who are driving measurable, meaningful progress across industries and communities. It's the definitive stage where leadership, innovation, and inclusion converge to elevate those shaping our future.
About the Awards
The PLAYBOOK Annual Awards celebrate women and organizations making a tangible impact in wealth, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Through these awards, we shine a spotlight on individuals driving change, inspiring communities, and shaping the future of business. The awards ceremony will take place on 7th April 2026 at Kimpton KAFD Riyadh by IHG, as part of the Women Shaping Wealth Summit Gala Reception & Awards Night.
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Kimpton KAFD Riyadh by IHG
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Stylish indoor and terrace spaces
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Outdoor swimming pool and fitness facilities
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Contemporary American and Middle Eastern cuisine
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Central location within KAFD, Riyadh’s financial and business hub
The Gala Reception is a key moment within the Summit experience — offering space to connect, reflect, and engage with leaders shaping the future of wealth, leadership, and innovation.
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Discover a Summit Extension Like No Other
We’re thrilled to introduce The Journey Adventures as the Cultural Partner for the Women Shaping Wealth Summit. This collaboration is built on shared values of growth, perspective, and meaningful human connection. With a global community spanning 35 nationalities, 6 continents, and 1,600+ participants, their focus is on growth through reflection, collaboration, and giving back.
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"With life, you have to step outside your comfort zone — and it’s okay to be scared. Being surrounded by people on a similar path makes the experience powerful. Growth happens when you show up fully."
Per person: $250
This immersive one-day experience brings the summit’s leadership and connection themes to life in a hands-on, unforgettable way.
The journey begins with a guided hike at the breathtaking Edge of the World. As the sun sets over the panoramic views, you’ll find space to reflect, connect with fellow attendees, and gain new perspective.
The experience continues with a multi-sensory dinner held in complete darkness. Without visual cues, you will rely on communication, trust, and collaboration—fostering deep empathy, presence, and awareness.
Exclusive rates for Women Shaping Wealth attendees
A Proven Summit Legacy: Partners, Impact & Results
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