Adam Levene

HERO® Founder

Adam is the entrepreneur and creative force behind HERO®, the company he founded in 2015 aged 26. With a vision to make commerce more human; in just five years the company has grown to a team of more than 50 across NYC and London, and has forged global partnerships with Nike, adidas, Diane von Furstenberg, Jonathan Adler and Levi’s among others.

Before founding Hero, Adam grew Europe’s largest mobile commerce business from start-up through to exit as Chief Strategy Officer and board member. With a team of 200 designers, strategists and engineers, Grapple created apps and services for Virgin, Visa, Santander, FIFA and Formula E among others. The multi award-winning company was acquired by a fintech plc after just four years for a total consideration of $90m.

Adam has given keynotes on the theme of the future of commerce at Web Summit, NRF Big Show, PSFK and Shoptalk, and in 2019 was recognized by Forbes as one of five people ‘turning tired old industries on their heads’. Adam was a former contributor to WIRED on the subject of design and entrepreneurship.