Sharon Gillenwater

Sharon K. Gillenwater is a tech entrepreneur, SaaS startup advisor, Inc. 5000 entrepreneur, speaker, and author who co-founded Fidget and Boardroom Insiders, serving as CEO of the latter, which she bootstrapped to $5M ARR and sold for $25 million in 2022.[1][2][3][5] After the company was shut down by a private equity firm in 2025, she is launching ExecutiveIQ, an AI-powered executive intelligence platform, in January 2026, and chronicles her journey in her book *Scaling With Soul*.[1][3] She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a startup advisor, investor, and content creator with over 80,000 social media followers.[1][2]