Naomi Simson

Australian Shark, Shark Tank | Co-Founder, The Big Reg Group (BRG) | Founder
RedBalloon

As one of Australia’s most prominent entrepreneurs, Naomi Simson is the co-founder of the Big Red Group. BRG houses a number of brands including RedBalloon, Adrenaline, Lime&Tonic, Albert AI (Marketics) and Redii.com with the purpose of shifting the way people experience life. Having founded RedBalloon in 2001, Naomi is a pioneer of online marketplaces and the Experience Economy. RedBalloon is one of Australia’s great entrepreneurial success stories with Hitwise identifying the business as the third-largest experience marketplace in the world – serving an experience every 30 seconds. Naomi is passionate, inspiring and determined – a colorful speaker with rich and vivid stories – she challenges audiences to think differently and is one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers.

Naomi is a passionate supporter of entrepreneurs, a prolific blogger and business commentator, best-selling author, and media commentator. She has appeared in four seasons of the Australian Shark Tank as the #redshark.