Sonya Williams

{{Short description|New Zealand entrepreneur}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2021}}

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| name = Sonya Williams

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| birth_place = Levin, New Zealand{{cite web |url=https://womanmagazine.co.nz/meet-the-savvy-kiwis-behind-sharesies-who-are-making-investing-easy/ |title=Meet the savvy Kiwis behind Sharesies who are making investing easy |date=5 February 2023 |publisher=Woman Magazine NZ }}

| education = Victoria University of Wellington

| occupation = Entrepreneur and businesswoman

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| known_for = Co-founder of Sharesies

| partner = Ben Crotty

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Sonya Williams is a New Zealand entrepreneur and businesswoman.{{Cite web|date=10 November 2020|title=Sharesies boss empowering a generation, one investment at a time|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/women-of-influence/123321799/sharesies-boss-empowering-a-generation-one-investment-at-a-time|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Stuff|language=en}}

Williams is a co-founder of the micro-investing platform Sharesies and the company's chief executive for product and marketing.{{Cite web|title=Interview with Sonya Williams – Sharesies, Co-founder on Alchemy Podcasts|url=https://www.alchemypodcasts.com/episodes/sonya-williams|access-date=28 February 2021|website=www.alchemypodcasts.com}} Williams was the joint winner of the 2020 New Zealand Women of Influence Award in the Business Enterprise section.{{Cite web|title=2020 Winners|url=https://www.womenofinfluence.co.nz/2020-winners|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Women of Influence|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=How Sharesies co-founders are breaking the taboo of women talking about money|url=https://www.westpac.co.nz/rednews/how-sharesies-co-founders-are-breaking-the-taboo-of-women-talking-about-money/|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Westpac NZ|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Sonya Williams|url=https://www.inspiringspeakers.co/sonya-williams|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Inspiring Speakers|language=en-US}}

Williams is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington.{{Cite web|title=Sharesies for breakfast: The Atom hosts its first alumni meet-up {{!}} Innovation {{!}} Victoria University of Wellington|url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/innovation/news/1741166-sharesies-for-breakfast-the-atom-hosts-its-first-alumni-meet-up|access-date=28 February 2021|website=www.wgtn.ac.nz|date=2 April 2019 }}