Blueprint 2024 Official Program Guide - Flipbook - Page 92
2024 Speakers
CEO & Founder,
Better
Vishal Garg is the Founder and CEO of Better, the # 1 digital mortgage lender
in America. Better is on a mission to make homeownership faster, cheaper,
and just plain better for all Americans. Since its founding in 2015, Better has
originated over $100 billion in home loans, more than $38 billion in insurance,
and over $3 billion in real estate transactions, all entirely online and
commission-free. At 21 years old, Vishal dropped out of the investment
banking analyst program at Morgan Stanley to start MyRichUncle, which he
grew from zero into the second largest private student lender in the United
States and took public on NASDAQ in 2005. Vishal has received numerous
awards, including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Housing Wire9s Most
Inüuential Mortgage Executive, and the Golden Pegleg Award for Outstanding
Alumni from Stuyvesant High School. In addition to his commitment to
homeownership, Vishal is a passionate advocate for leveling the playing ûeld
through public education. In 2021, he launched a partnership with the Fund for
Public Schools in NYC, donating nearly $2M to purchase Chromebooks,
iPads, Wi-Fi hotspots, books, and uniforms for New York City public school
students from low-income backgrounds. The project supported over 20,000
students learning online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally from India,
Vishal is a lifelong New Yorker. He grew up in Queens, NY, and graduated from
Stuyvesant High School and NYU. Vishal now lives in downtown Manhattan
with his loving wife and three kids.
CEO & Co-Founder,
GlobalFair
Shaily Garg, CEO & Founder of GlobalFair, has driven a transformative change
in the cross-border construction materials supply chain. Under her leadership,
GlobalFair has become the largest technology-ûrst B2B cross border
commerce platform for structural ûnishes, giving an Amazon-like experience to
procure from SEA to multifamily projects across 36 states in the US. GlobalFair
addresses the $340 billion construction material imports market, which has
been plagued by heavy supply constraints. By disintermediating 3+ nodes
from existing supply chains and consolidating the supply of all structural
ûnishes, GlobalFair serves as a one-stop shop, delivering directly from
factories. With a growth rate of 300% year-over-year, GlobalFair stands out
with compelling unit economics and best-in-class capital efûciency. Shaily's
mission is to empower MSME suppliers across Southeast Asia by providing
them access to global markets, thereby fostering a borderless trade economy.
Managing Partner,
Second Century Ventures
Dave Garland invests in technology and entrepreneurs that promise to
advance the global real estate industry. As Managing Partner of Second
Century Ventures (SCV) - the venture capital arm of the National Association of
Realtors®, he oversees NAR REACH: the world's top real estate technology
scale up program. As an industry practitioner, Dave has acquired, owned and
managed portfolios of single family residential, commercial and development
properties across America. He has provided two decades of strategic advisory
and board services to numerous, public and private real estate and ûnancial
technology ûrms. Dave lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Vishal Garg
Shaily Garg
Dave Garland
CEO & Co-Founder,
Zumper
Anthemos
Georgiades
Anthemos Georgiades is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zumper. At Zumper,
Anthemos leads the company in its mission to make renting a home as easy
as booking a hotel. Since 2012, Anth has grown Zumper into one of the largest
online rental marketplaces with tens of millions of annual users, and has raised
$180 million in venture capital for the company.
