Steve Sammartino
MC and Futurist
Steve Sammartino is Australia’s leading Futurist with unsurpassed credentials. He’s created technology world firsts, written extensively and has a rare ability to communicate it all on stage. His high-octane keynote will change how you see the world.
Steve knows it – because he has done it.
Entrepreneur & Technology Investor
Steve starting coding at age 10 and had his first startup by age 12. He has since built and sold a number of businesses. As a futurist, he’s ahead of his time. He launched one of the first Sharing Economy Startups – Rentoid.com in 2006. Respected global business media including Forbes, Fast Company and TechCrunch credited it as the start of the sharing economy movement giving birth to Uber and Airbnb. Steve later sold it to a publicly traded company in Australia.
Steve is mentor for startup entrepreneurs and a technology investor. His ability to see the future is ratified by this fact: His portfolio has grown more than 100x the original investment.
Innovator & Hacker -The good kind!
His tech projects gained global attention and renown.
• He built the world’s first drivable car entirely out of Lego. It’s had more than 100 million views globally. (He had to fight off Jay Leno who was desperate to have it in his garage) • He put a toy space shuttle into actual earth orbit by hacking together a rig for under $2000 • He’s on the technical advisory committee for the design of Australia’s new drone regulations. • He is currently building the world’s most modern house – it will be 3D printed too! The subject of a new documentary film.