Linda Jenkinson is a global entrepreneur from Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Hailing from Aotearoa, Linda has systematically and successfully scaled $100 million companies, is a magnet for business talent, an entrepreneurial pioneer and visionary.
She was the first women CEO/founder to list a company
on the NASDAQ stock exchange with DMSC, the $250 million on-demand courier company she co-founded that was described as being like Uber, before Uber. She went on to establish a global customer and employee experience platform, sold to the Accor hotel group, and WOW for Africa which is an NGO supporting women entrepreneurs in Senegal.
CAREER TIMELINE
STARTED JOHN PAUL
Global offices
2000
KEARNEY
Partner
San Francisco, HK, NY
1994
LISTED DMS ON THE NASDAQ
1998
SET UP WOW FOR AFRICA
Founder & Managing Director
2006
JOINS FLEETPARTNERS
BOARD
Board Director
2017
RED CROSS BOARD
Director & Gala Chair
San Francisco, Bay Area
2004
CREATED DMS
Co-Founder, CEO, Chair
Global
1994
PWC
Management Consultant
New Zealand, Boston, NY
1984
MERRILL LYNCH
NY
1990
JOINS AIR NZ BOARD
Board Director
2014
MASSEY UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATION
Trustee & Secretary
2010
NZTE
US Beachhead Advisor
2000
JOINS UNICEF NZ BOARD
Chair of the Board
2018
MASSEY UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Business Studies
Accounting & Finance
1983
WHARTON SCHOOL
MBA in Finance
Pennsylvania
1990
STARTS LEVELUP
Managing Director
2020
AWARDS
2021 - UCOL Palmerston North Alumni Achievement Award
2016 - World Class New Zealander
2015 - Westpac New Zealand: Women of Influence Award-Business Services
2014 - 2015 - San Francisco Business Times – 100 Most Influential Women in the Bay Area
2014 - Massey University – Distinguished Alumni Awards – Sir Geoffrey Peren Award
2011 - Ernst & Young New Zealand Master Entrepreneur of the Year
2004 - 2006 - SF Business Times: Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses
2000 - 2001 - Silicon Valley FWE Trailblazers Award
1991 - Leningrad Stock & Commodities Exchange Fellow
1990 - Nikko Securities Fellowship
BUSINESS CASE STUDIES
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Harvard Business School put together a case study on Dispatch Management Services. See the full case study.
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL
Stanford Graduate School of Business wrote a case study on LesConcierges. Read the full case study.