Milos Maricic is the AI adviser the world's largest investors call when they need to know what the technology will do for them. Sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and central banks managing trillions bring him in to decide which AI to buy, which to build and how a board should oversee it. His engagements include a Gulf sovereign wealth fund, a Nordic pension fund and a Western European central bank, and he serves as an AI expert to the OECD and the World Economic Forum.
Few speakers combine that seat at the table with a builder's record. Milos founded and sold two AI companies, the second to a sovereign wealth fund in 2025, engineered a model that reached the top 5% of the global hedge fund platform Numerai, and ranks 53 of the world's biggest state investors on how far AI has reached into their business. His research on what companies actually earn from AI was reported by Bloomberg and published as a commentary in Fortune in 2026, and CFA Institute publishes his test for telling genuine machine learning from marketing.
Audiences get what his clients get: a credible, evidence-based account of what AI is doing inside leading organisations right now, and a practical way to act on it. His talks show leadership teams where the payoff is already real, how AI agents will change their people's work for the better, and the questions that separate a sound AI decision from an expensive one. People leave with a test they can run the next morning and a plan for their own next move.
His view of risk was earned early. He grew up in wartime Yugoslavia, spent years as a BASE jumper, and had early stints at McKinsey and Google before studying at Harvard, NYU Stern and the London School of Economics. He co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy. In 2026 he has spoken at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva and to investor audiences in Singapore, with a private asset-allocation summit in Helsinki and QuantMinds London to follow in November.
Books
The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy
Milos Maricic's official speaking topics are listed below:
Is Your AI Real?
Telling Genuine Intelligence from Expensive Theatre
A three-question test any leadership team can run on an AI pitch, project or promise, built from the questions the world's largest funds put to Milos before they sign.
The Agentic Workplace: What AI Agents Will Do for Your People
AI agents are arriving in every function. Milos shows what they already do well inside leading organisations, what they take off people's desks and what they hand back, and how a leader builds roles, training and incentives around the work that stays human. Teams leave motivated and with a plan.
What the World's Smartest Money Knows About AI
What scoring 53 of the world's biggest investors revealed about where AI pays, why the leaders are not who you would guess, and the short list of practices that separate them from the rest.
The CEO's AI Playbook: Results You Can Count
Most AI programmes stall between the pilot and the profit line. Drawing on his study of 919 earnings calls at the 60 largest US financial firms, Milos shows leaders how to pick the right bottleneck, what to measure before the tools arrive, and how to report AI results a CFO and a board will accept.
Smart Risk: What BASE Jumping Taught Me About Betting on AI
Milos spent years in a sport that forgives nothing, then made a living judging technology bets for the world's largest funds. The discipline is the same: know the system, rehearse the failure, size the bet, never confuse confidence with evidence. A personal framework for the risks worth taking, in a career and in an AI decision.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
“Milos Maricic delivered a captivating and transformative speech for our leadership team at McKinsey. His unique blend of adventure, entrepreneurship, and AI expertise offered actionable insights into risk management and mental resilience that resonated deeply with our business leaders.”
– Steven, Partner, McKinsey
- 2026 - Research on AI returns at the 60 largest US financial firms reported by Bloomberg and published as a Fortune commentary
- 2026 - CFA Institute published his four-part series on testing quantitative and AI strategies
- 2025 - Sold the Altruist League to a sovereign wealth fund
- 2024 - Co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy
- 2023 - Published 'Generative AI: Ten Things Executives Should Know'
- 2015 - Founded the Altruist League
- 2009 - Completed MBA at NYU Stern School of Business
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