Nico Sell

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Wickr Foundation

Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, Wickr; Founder, Chairman

Nico Sell, a professional artist, athlete and entrepreneur based in California, is now leading Wickr Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing privacy and uncensored access to information. Having been focused on security for over two decades, Nico Sell helped to start dozens of successful start-ups and organizations. In the past 15 years, she has assisted the Dark Tangent’s team to organize DEF CON, one of the largest hacker conventions in the world. Nico Sell is co-founder and co-chairman of Wickr, Inc., a secure communications platform providing end-to-end encryption to users in over 190 countries around the world. She also has launched r00tz Asylum, a non-profit, focused on teaching kids how to love being white-hat hackers. Nico Sell serves as an adviser to various security-focused start-ups including AllClear ID, Crowdstrike and Lookout.