Jamaican entrepreneur Kirk-Anthony Hamilton has been named one in every of Latin America Reviews’ 40 Below 40 for 2025. The annual checklist highlights 40 folks beneath the age of 40 who’re serving to to form the enterprise world in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The “40 Under 40” list celebrates enterprise leaders beneath the age of 40 who’re serving to Latin America keep aggressive in a quickly altering world. Many honorees work in rising industries reminiscent of fintech, AI, agtech, and social entrepreneurship. Whereas the area’s inhabitants is getting older, these younger leaders are displaying that innovation and alter are nonetheless being pushed by a brand new technology.
Hamilton is finest referred to as the co-founder of Tech Seaside Retreat, a platform that brings collectively leaders in enterprise, know-how, and finance. He began the undertaking in 2016 with enterprise accomplice Kyle Maloney. Since then, the convention sequence has grown, internet hosting occasions in locations like Miami, Jamaica, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Hamilton’s work stands out for creating connections between native expertise and world traders. His occasions don’t comply with a conventional convention format. As an alternative, they provide open and equal areas for dialogue, eradicating VIP sections and inspiring direct interplay. This straightforward however highly effective concept helps to vary how folks throughout the area work collectively and share concepts.
Talking on the glory, Hamilton shared with the Jamaicans.com crew, “I’m pushed by a deep want to assist form a extra empowered financial future for the Caribbean. Day-after-day, I get up with the conviction that the Jamaica and wider area I see exterior my window holds way more potential than we’ve realized. I imagine within the promise of our folks and know I can play a job in driving significant financial transformation.”
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Hamilton began his profession as an architectural designer earlier than shifting his focus to entrepreneurship. He holds knowledgeable grasp’s diploma in structure from the Savannah Faculty of Artwork and Design.
Beyond Tech Beach, Hamilton additionally runs The Vacation spot Expertise and Infiniti Partnership. These tasks concentrate on connecting Caribbean entrepreneurs with world networks and capital. His efforts have led to lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in investments throughout the area.
Hamilton has beforehand been honored by the White Home as one in every of 75 Rising International Entrepreneurs and invited to the World Financial Discussion board in Davos. His objective stays clear: to assist the Caribbean rise as a hub of innovation and alternative.
