50 Women to Watch Honoree
Clerisy
Miami, FL
2026 Cohort
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is a visionary entrepreneur, board director and investor who has distinguished herself through a series of digital enterprises that have delighted consumers and disrupted industries. Best known professionally as a founder of the ecommerce pioneer Gilt, she went on to build additional startups with successes in the on-demand economy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. She has advised dozens of emerging and growth-stage businesses, served on the boards of companies, and personally invested in or advised over 75 early-stage startups. Alexandra brings deep expertise across a broad range of consumer sectors—including CPG, fashion, beauty, personal care, healthcare, hospitality, media, and retail. She is widely recognized as an omnichannel consumer expert. As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clerisy, Alexandra draws on her trailblazing operating experience and extensive network to back visionary entrepreneurs innovating in the consumer whitespace. She and her co-founder launched Clerisy as a growth equity fund focused...
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is a visionary entrepreneur, board director and investor who has distinguished herself through a series of digital enterprises that have delighted consumers and disrupted industries. Best known professionally as a founder of the ecommerce pioneer Gilt, she went on to build additional startups with successes in the on-demand economy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. She has advised dozens of emerging and growth-stage businesses, served on the boards of companies, and personally invested in or advised over 75 early-stage startups.
Alexandra brings deep expertise across a broad range of consumer sectors—including CPG, fashion, beauty, personal care, healthcare, hospitality, media, and retail. She is widely recognized as an omnichannel consumer expert.
As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clerisy, Alexandra draws on her trailblazing operating experience and extensive network to back visionary entrepreneurs innovating in the consumer whitespace. She and her co-founder launched Clerisy as a growth equity fund focused on scaling high-potential consumer and consumer-tech businesses. Clerisy’s portfolio includes Olipop, MUSH, CleanCo, Dormify (exit to Williams-Sonoma), UNION, Sonoro, GolfForever, The Unquantifiable and Eudēmonia. She holds the Clerisy board seat at CleanCo, the leading, independently owned non-alcoholic spirits brand.
Alexandra served for five years as a Board Director at Giant Eagle, a privately held $10B grocery chain that recently sold its GetGo convenience stores to Alimentation Couche-Tard for $1.6B. She previously served on the boards of KDC/One, Corelle Brands, and Perry Ellis International, serving on various committees as part of each board appointment. In addition, She invests in several VC funds, including Forerunner Ventures, Montage Ventures, The Female Founders Fund, Everywhere Ventures, The Venture Collective (TVC), Red Bike Capital, Red Beard Ventures, 6th Man Ventures and Blockchange Ventures.
Prior to Clerisy, Alexandra served as SVP of Consumer Strategy and Innovation at Allergan, the $15B global pharmaceutical company. In that role, she led a team of 70 and launched the consumer-facing digital platforms Spotlyte and Regi, transforming how Allergan marketed its medical aesthetics portfolio, including BOTOX and Juvederm, directly to consumers.
