Vanessa Jacobs is a former management consultant turned circular economy entrepreneur. She is the founder of the luxury fashion repair marketplace The Restory (sold to AMF S.p.A in 2023). In 2024, she founded Circulo Technology, which enables a range of product businesses to offer repair, resale, rental and recycling services. Jacobs is as passionate about mindful waste reduction as she is about business model innovation. She is a native New Yorker turned naturalised Londoner, a Swede by marriage and a mother to two sons.