Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman is an advisor, speaker, and author working at the intersection of leadership, innovation, and business longevity. She is the recipient of the Thinkers50 Radar Distinguished Achievement Award for the idea most likely to shape the future of business management.
She serves as an Entrepreneurship Expert at the University of Oxford. Neri is the author of the multi-award-winning, bestselling book Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs, named as one of the top business books of 2025 by Thinkers50, Porchlight, and the Next Big Idea Club, and selected by the Financial Times’ readers as one of the seven best books of the year.
Alongside her academic work, she is the founder of Neri Karra, a global luxury leather goods business with more than 25 years of manufacturing for leading Italian luxury brands. A former child refugee, Neri brings a deeply human, globally informed perspective to conversations about leadership, resilience, and the future of capitalism.