KIM
WILSON
Angel Investor
& Entrepreneur
Kim Wilson is a founder, angel investor, and advisor best known for building and exiting Social News Desk, the pioneering SaaS platform that became the worldwide leader in social media solutions for local news organizations. A former journalist, Kim recognized early that newsrooms needed better tools to manage and monetize their growing social media presence — and built the company to solve it.
In 2015, Kim led Social News Desk through its acquisition by Graham Holdings Co (NYSE: GHC). Following the acquisition, Kim remained as CEO at Social News Desk, growing revenue more than 5X, expanding the company’s product portfolio, and leading the business through its next phase of scale before stepping away in 2023.
Today, Kim is an active angel investor, startup advisor, and founding member of Women on the Cap Table, where she advocates for greater female participation in both entrepreneurship and early-stage investing. She works closely with founders and emerging companies, particularly within the Atlanta startup ecosystem, and serves as an advisor at Atlanta Tech Village.
Entrepreneurship runs in the family. Kim and her husband, Geoff Wilson, have founded and invested in dozens of companies across technology, media, and consumer businesses. The couple met while attending University of Florida and now live in Midtown Atlanta with their three children.
Journalists pivot extremely well. We are never in love with our own ideas. It's something which has served me extremely well as the founder of a start-up.