Jennifer Fitzgerald
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Jennifer Fitzgerald
Title : Co-founder and CEO Company : Policygenius
Jennifer Fitzgerald , the CEO and co-founder of Policygenius , was one of the first industry figures to recognise the importance of insurtech and to see its staggering potential . Nine years after launching Policygenius , her company is now one of the leading insurtechs in the US .
It was a leap of faith for Fitzgerald and her business partner , Francois de Lame , because the pair left their lucrative consulting jobs to create Policygenius , and initially , Fitzgerald had a tough time convincing investors to take a chance on the company . But the hard work paid off , and by 2020 , the team had raised over US $ 100mn in investment funding . Policygenius now has over 35 million users .
A winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year New York 2019 , Fitzgerald was also one of Fast Company ’ s 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2018 and is one of only four women founders in Fintech to raise more than $ 50mn in funding .
“ You cannot over-invest in finding and retaining the best people ”
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