Fawn Weaver is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of leadership experience and a track record of building category-defining brands. She is the former CEO and founder of Uncle Nearest, Inc., the company behind Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey—the most awarded Bourbon and American Whiskey of 2019–2024 and the best-selling Black American-founded spirit brand in history. She also built Nearest Green Distillery, the home of Uncle Nearest and the first in the world to honor a Black American. It is the fastest-growing, top-rated on Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor, and the 7th most visited distillery in the world out of nearly 4,000.

Weaver is one of only five African American women in U.S. history to found and lead a company valued at $1B or more. A popular TED speaker and two-time New York Times best-selling author, her leadership and story have been profiled in Forbes, The New York Times, CNBC, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox Business, Inc., and NPR’s How I Built This.

She is certified as a Corporate Director by Harvard Business School, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama, and holds an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Bluefield State. She is currently at Harvard Business School pursuing her Master of Finance, where two case studies have been taught on her and her businesses. She served on the board of Endeavor Group Holdings (NYSE: EDR), including its audit committee, for four years until its $13B take-private in 2025.