Keynote Speaker: Jacob Robinson

Jacob Robinson helps audiences—from students to executives—take bold action, lead with purpose, and turn adversity into momentum. Rejection, pain and despair only create a place from which to find resilience!  Drawing from multiple business successes, Jacob shares the process and effort to get started, successfully land funds, and build management teams, and then to execute the plans.   

Jacob was inspired to create his highly unique theme park, Dig World, in 2017, when his son Pierce, who loves construction equipment, became permanently disabled from bacterial meningitis.  Jacob’s journey started with 248 rejections for funding before he found a “yes.” He later got a deal with Robert Herjavec on ABC’s Shark Tank.    

Prior to creating Dig World, Jacob found, grew and sold two other multi-million-dollar businesses, 1 Stone Solutions, a commercial cleaning company and DryPort Capital, an industrial outdoor storage real estate firm.  In 2023, Jacob was recognized as one of the “Most Admired CEOs in Houston” by the Houston Business Journal. He is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for the Brookwood Community for disabled adults and is involved in his church.    

Jacob is a graduate from Texas A&M University. He lives in Katy, TX with his wife, Melissa and children, Pierce, Annie, and Spencer.