Todd Harris <tharris@skillshot.com> 9:49 PM (0 minutes ago) to me Katia Zaitsev is a tech entrepreneur and 2x founder, currently Co-Founder & COO of Own., a groundbreaking next-generation gamified social platform transforming the creator economy by tokenizing digital influence and giving creators true ownership, global pay equity, and equal access to opportunity. Recognized as one of the Top 10 Women in Web3 for founding a company that applied blockchain to intellectual property and digital ownership, she quickly established herself at the frontier of Web3 innovation. Katia’s career spans business development, operations, and IT consulting, where she worked with Fortune 500 companies to scale teams, launch products, and drive multimillion-dollar growth. Today, she brings that operational rigor and visionary mindset to Own., positioning it as an industry-shaping company in social media, digital ownership and the future of media itself. A sought-after speaker on global stages like CES, Katia is shaping the future of how creators own, monetize, and control their digital lives—ushering in the next era of the internet