Bio

Brett King is a world-renowned futurist and speaker, an International Bestselling Author, and media personality. President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia. In 2020 he was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame by CB Insights. Brett has spoken in over 50 countries, at TED, Wired, Techsauce, Singularity University, Web Summit, The Economist, IBM's World of Watson, CES, SIBOS and many more. He has appeared as a commentator on CNBC, BBC, ABC, Fox, and Bloomberg. He has spoken to virtual audiences of over 42 million people live. He previously advised the Obama administration on Fintech policy and advises regulators and boards around the world on technology transformation. King hosts the world's #1 ranked Podcast on FinTech called ''Breaking Banks'' (180 countries, 7 million listeners) and The Futurists podcast, featuring the world’s preeminent future thinkers. He is the Founder of Moven, a successful mobile banking startup, and a series of other mainstay brands in the sector. Named ''King of the Disruptors'' by Banking Exchange magazine and the “Godfather of Fintech” by the Australian newspaper, King was voted American Banker's Innovator of the Year, voted the world's #1 Financial Services Influencer by The Financial Brand and was shortlisted for the 2015 Advance Global Australian of the Year Award. His 7 books have been released in over a dozen languages and he has achieved bestseller status in more than 20 countries. Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane landed in the top 10 nonfiction books for North America. Bank 4.0 has remained in the top 10 bestselling banking books for 4 years. His latest book The Rise of Technosocialism was released in 2022