Natalya Thakur

Natalya Thakur is the Founder and CEO of Knova, enterprise software that unifies traditional and tokenized assets into a single operating layer. She has held roles across leading financial and technology organizations, including BlackRock, Google[X], Celo, IDEO CoLab, Morgan Stanley, and the Hoover Institution under Dr. Condoleezza Rice. She also co-founded Stanford’s Future of Digital Currency Initiative, a partnership with the United Nations, and serves in leadership at the Bretton Woods Committee, helping advance its digital asset and future-of-finance agenda.


A frequent public speaker and active angel investor/LP, her work has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, American Banker, NYSE Floor Talk, CoinDesk, and BIS publications. She was recently named a finalist for the 2025 UBS Female Founders Award, and was featured in the 2024 Women in Fintech Powerlist, Standout 45 for Senior Leaders. 


Thakur holds a BA (Honors) in International Relations from Stanford University, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.