Speaker's Profile

Chris Thompson is the visionary founder and CEO of Sober Sidekick, the world's largest digital recovery platform. This platform has garnered significant attention for its innovative approach to combating addiction. With over 500,000 app downloads, notable investors, and strategic partners, Sober Sidekick is dedicated to empowering the greatest wave of comeback stories the world has ever seen. Thompson's personal journey through addiction, marked by resilience and determination, inspired him to create an platform driven by an empathy algorithm, which connects individuals in need in real-time. This ensures that no one ever goes without support, providing immediate help within minutes, if not seconds. Driven by a deep understanding of the challenges faced by those in recovery, Thompson has built Sober Sidekick into a trusted resource that offers peer-to-peer support, evidence-based tools, and a compassionate community to help individuals achieve long term sobriety.