Ingrid Vanderveldt is the chairman and owner of EBW Worldwide, Vanderveldt Global Investments, and Ingrid Vanderveldt LLC. EBW consists of a portfolio of investments and initiatives that together help enterprises and impact investors gain access to and do business with the innovators they seek to reach their impact, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and profit goals while creating economic opportunity for women. In 2021, Inc. Magazine ranked EBW the #28 fastest growing private company in America and the #1 fastest growing private business in Austin, Texas. EBW Distributors (a division of EBW) was acquired by Shield Manufacturing in March 2023 in a deal valued at over $100 million.
Previously, Vanderveldt was the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for Dell Inc., where she oversaw entrepreneurial initiatives worldwide. She helped build a $250 million business segment and founded the $125 million Dell Innovators Credit Fund, Dell Founders Club, and the Dell Center for Entrepreneurs, reaching over 600 million people worldwide during her three-year term.
Vanderveldt is a Forbes Council Member and the chair of the CEO Roundtable of The Religious Freedom and Business Foundation. She is an emeritus member of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council and recipient of the Global Empowerment Award by the Global Business and Interfaith Peace Awards.
Vanderveldt has been featured on outlets including NBC, CNBC, FOX, ABC, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, CNN Money, Fortune Magazine, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine. She was named one of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 Global Leaders. She also was ranked #1 Super Connector by Fast Company, is the recipient of the Forbes and Northwestern Mutual Global Entrepreneur in Excellence Award, and was just named a recipient of The Global Voice Award, as well as the World Women Foundation and Girl Scouts Women of Distinction Award.
She created and hosted CNBC’s first original primetime series, “American Made,” reaching over one million viewers, is co-founder of The Billionaire Girls Club, and is a Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) Member. She holds a master's degree in architecture from the Savannah College of Art & Design and a Master of Business Administration in entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Austin.