Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is a growth equity investor, entrepreneur, and board director with over 25 years of experience building and advising category-defining consumer and consumer-tech companies. As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clerisy, she partners with visionary founders and leadership teams to drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation. Her career has consistently centered on one question: where is the consumer going next, and how can companies get there first? Whether launching startups, advising Fortune 500 leaders, or investing in emerging brands, she focuses on translating consumer insights into innovation and enduring brand value. She co-founded Gilt, pioneering the luxury flash sale model that reshaped digital retail, and GLAMSQUAD, which helped define the on-demand beauty services category. Later, as an executive at Allergan, she built and led a 70-person digital ventures team, reinventing how a global healthcare leader connects with consumers. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, she is Cuban-American, fluent in five languages, and passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, and empowering women in business. She has backed more than 75 startups as an angel investor and advisor, and has been featured in leading media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, and Vogue.
