Fawn Weaver has been a serial entrepreneur for more than 25 years. As the CEO and founder of Grant Sidney, Inc., Weaver often serves in leadership capacities behind the scene of the companies in which GSI invests. Weaver is a popular TED speaker, a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, and has appeared on 100s of popular magazines, radio, and morning shows around the world, including FOX Business, the TODAY Show, The New York Times, CBSThis Morning, Good Morning America, CNBC, Fast Company, Washington Post, and Oprah Magazine. She is a regular contributor to Inc. Magazine and her revealing How I Built This segment with Guy Raz on NPR had the internet abuzz for months. Weaver is the first Black American woman to build a $1B+ company from the ground up, outside of sports and entertainment. She also serves as the CEO of Uncle Nearest, Inc., a company she founded in 2016. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history, the bestselling Black American founded spirit brand of all time and was the most award-winning Bourbon of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The super-premium brand has earned more than 1,100 awards and was named "World’s Best" by Whisky Magazine two years in a row.