Book Chai
Chai speaks on building companies, navigating Washington, and what it actually takes to create real wealth from nothing. She brings two decades of operating experience, having built six companies and earned a front-row seat to both boardrooms and Capitol Hill. She has spoken at more than 100 global conferences across finance, sustainability, branding, wealth management, and entrepreneurship, not as a commentator, but as an operator. Her perspective is grounded in execution, shaped by experience, and defined by what it truly takes to build, scale, and win.
Signature Talks
Road to $56M: Monetize What You Were Born With
Most people don't realize the skills they already have are worth millions. In this keynote, Chai breaks down exactly how she mapped a $56.5M revenue plan across four companies starting with nothing but the abilities she showed up with. Executive instinct, cultural intelligence, storytelling, and the willingness to execute when nobody else was watching. She used AI to accelerate the build and her forthcoming book Unseen Fortunes as the framework. This isn't theory. She's building it right now, in public. Audiences leave with a practical framework for identifying their own hidden assets, pairing their experience with AI tools, and building multiple revenue streams from what they already know how to do.
New to Notable
Chai went from immigrant beginnings to building six companies. As a military spouse, she relocated repeatedly, rebuilt from scratch in new cities, and figured out how to create momentum when the ground was always shifting. This talk is about what happens when you stop waiting for the path to appear and start cutting your own. It's a practical playbook for turning setbacks into forward motion. Audiences leave with a framework for making better decisions faster and creating opportunity in places where none seems to exist.
Build Great Things
The old career paths are breaking down. Jobs aren't stable, institutions are shifting, and nobody is coming to save you. The one skill that matters now more than ever is the ability to build. Your life, your family, your company. In this talk, Chai introduces her Ancestral Intelligence framework, a way of understanding how inherited wisdom, identity, and lived experience shape the decisions we make. Grounded in the principles of Unseen Fortunes, it's about moving past short-term thinking and building things that actually last.
Own Your Agency: Winning in the AI Economy
AI is changing everything about how work gets done. The people who win in this economy aren't the ones with the best credentials. They're the ones with agency. The ones who move before being told to move. This talk is for anyone, students to executives, who wants to understand why self-direction and disciplined execution are now the most valuable traits in the market. Chai shares what she's learned building with AI every day and lays out how to take control of your own path instead of waiting for a system that isn't coming back for you.
The Other AI: Why Ancestral Intelligence Wins in the AI Economy
Your heritage isn't just history. It's a competitive advantage. While everyone is focused on artificial intelligence, the real edge comes from something older: the wisdom, identity, and instincts passed down through your lineage. This talk introduces Ancestral Intelligence as a framework for leadership and decision-making. It shows how cultural knowledge and lived experience create advantages that no MBA program can replicate. For organizations, it's about aligning who your people actually are with what your company is trying to become. That alignment drives better execution, stronger ownership, and real innovation. Not the buzzword kind.
Price of Power
Most women have been underpricing themselves their entire careers. This talk is about ending that. Chai covers negotiation, financial independence, and the simple discipline of asking for what you're actually worth. No pep talk. Just the playbook for turning your expertise into real equity, in the boardroom and in the bank.