Vinny Lingham
From CryptoWiki
- Profession: Executive and Entrepreneur
- Co-founder and CEO of Civic.com, a blockchain startup.
- Is a Multi Chain Capital partner
- One of the sharks on the south African version of Shark Tank, and has made the first bitcoin deal on the history of the program.
- He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app,
- The founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to develop websites.
- Vinny is a celebrity entrepreneur in Africa, having been selected has as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006, winning Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006), and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). A previous company he had founded, Clicks2Customers, also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006.
- He has previously served as a marketing advisor for Valueclick and Yahoo.blockchain startup.
