Vivi Friedgut

Vivi Friedgut is the founder and CEO of Blackbullion, an edtech company based in the UK. Vivi has over fifteen years of experience in business development and relationship management.

Prior to Blackbullion, Friedgut worked as a business development manager at UJIA, where they co-created a women's leadership committee and a young business committee. Vivi was also responsible for researching, approaching, developing mentoring and maintaining mid-level donors as well as implementing strategies in order to maximise returns.

From July 2005 to April 2014, Friedgut worked as a relationship manager at BHI Private Bank. In this role, they were responsible for marketing and PR activity from 2005 to 2009. Vivi was also an Outstanding Employee award recipient in 2009.

Friedgut has a passion for education and empowering others to reach their potential. Vivi is a strong advocate for financial literacy and believes that everyone should have access to quality education.

Vivi Friedgut has a degree in economics from UNSW and has also completed certification programs from the University of London (in Global Diplomacy – Diplomacy in the Modern World), Yale University (in Moral Foundations of Politics), ASU GSV Summit (in ASU GSV Virtual Summit 2020), London Business School (in Managing the Company of the Future), University of Virginia (in UVA - Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century), and ASU GSV Summit (in ASU GSV Summit 2016).

Some direct reports include Danielle Coe - Head of Customer Support, Ed Key - Product Designer, and Shandon Williams - Marketing Executive.