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Beth Viner is a member of BCG X, Boston Consulting Group’s tech build and design unit, specifically leading the team dedicated to end-to-end corporate venturing and business building. She leads BCG X. Ventures in North America and is also a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions and Consumer practices. At her core, Beth is a design-led leader with a deep passion for multidisciplinary teaming and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through the businesses she builds, also chairing DEI efforts for BCG X globally.

Beth’s recent work has focused on evolving decentralized finance and digital disruption for the finance and personal banking sectors. She is also a leading expert on metaverse applications for consumers and building emerging bets to tap into the potential of Web3. With deep expertise in product and service innovation, experience design, and technology, Beth has led several companies in defining and building their future.

Beth joined BCG in 2018 in the New York office. Prior to joining BCG, Beth was deeply involved in the startup ecosystem as general manager of Kickstarter, and earlier led Interbrand and IDEO as they scaled and navigated expansive growth.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Stanford University 
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania 

Publications and Videos

Invent New Business Models

With AI, innovation can move at a pace you’ve never seen before, bringing new products and businesses to your organization. Part of a broader approach to AI, BCG’s Invent play is a chance to find growth opportunities that you may never have found otherwise.

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Most Innovative Companies 2024: Innovation Systems Need a Reboot

Companies have never placed a higher priority on innovation—yet they have never been as unready to deliver on their innovation aspirations. And GenAI is coming.

Why Businesses Need a Dreamer’s Magic and a Doer’s Realism

BCG's Beth Viner lays out a practical blueprint for harnessing the dreamer's out-of-the-box thinking and the doer's practicality, showing why it's the key to building, growing and innovating in any relationship or organization.

Celebrating One Year of BCG X

BCG X is a real tech company within BCG—and much more. Join us as we continue to broaden the solutions we deliver to clients and revolutionize entire industries.

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How Companies Can Speed Up the Business of Business Building

New ventures often fail—but digital capabilities change the odds. By following a business-building playbook based on your company’s strategic assets, you can accelerate growth dramatically.
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How Women in Tech Can Move Past the Middle

Midlevel managers are the pipeline of future leaders in tech, companies often fall short at this key juncture in women’s career paths.
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Most Innovative Companies 2023: Reaching New Heights in Uncertain Times

Companies that both prioritize innovation and make sure that they are ready to act are widening the gap over less capable competitors.

DEI US Report Purpose Video

Hear more from some of our senior leaders about how DEI is intertwined with our purpose principles as a company.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting and Surprising Effects on Women in Tech

The COVID-19 crisis impacted women in tech differently. Midlevel women saw some benefits—but women of color, in particular, faced new challenges.
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Reinventing the Leadership Journey for Women in Tech

How did the pandemic impact women tech leaders? It’s complicated. The past two years brought significant challenges, but they also created new opportunities—particularly for midlevel women.