Sultan Murad Saidov
Unicorn founderCo-Founder & former CEO at Beamery
London
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedBeamery$1B
About
Sultan Murad Saidov co-founded Beamery, the talent-intelligence company that raised $223 million and became a unicorn in December 2022, and ran it as president for a decade before taking over as CEO in April 2025. He had already founded and exited one company — Nite Bite, a workplace food ordering platform he built while at university — and worked as a Deloitte consultant and a Goldman Sachs commodities trader before starting Beamery in a London garage in 2013 with his older brother Abakar and Michael Paterson. The idea came from watching how their immigrant parents were judged on credentials rather than skills: Beamery's product maps the skills and tasks inside a workforce so companies can hire, redeploy and reskill against potential. He owned product and go-to-market through the company's seed-to-Series D run, hosts the talent podcast The Talent Blueprint, and now sits on Beamery's board while building a new company in stealth.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Beamery (originally Seed.Jobs) in London in 2013 with his brother Abakar Saidov and Michael Paterson, as co-founder and chief product & technology officer. Founded and exited Nite Bite, a workplace food-ordering and expense platform, between 2009 and 2012.
- Communities
- Worked as an interview coach and careers advisor at Harrison Careers, helping students from underprivileged backgrounds start their careers. Speaks regularly on AI, the future of work and talent transformation — including at UNLEASH World and the World Governments Summit — and writes on the future of work for VentureBeat.
- Awards
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Technology list in 2018, alongside Beamery co-founder Michael Paterson.
- More
- Was a banking and securities consultant at Deloitte and then a commodities trader at Goldman Sachs, where he helped launch the GS REDI Trader platform, before Beamery. President of Beamery from 2014 to 2025, then CEO from April 2025; now a board member. Hosts The Talent Blueprint, Beamery's podcast on building talent-first, skills-based organisations. Fronted Beamery's launch of TalentGPT in March 2023, billed as the first generative-AI product built for HR.
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Co-Founder & former CEO at Beamery
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Experience
- StealthFoundercurrent2026 — present
- BeameryBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- BeameryChief Executive Officer2025
- BeameryCo-Founder and President2014 — 2025London
- seed.jobsCo-founder & CPTO2013 — 2015London, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsCommodities Trader2012 — 2013London
- Harrison CareersTalent Advisor2012 — 2013
- Nite BiteFounder & CEO2009 — 2012
- DeloitteBanking and Securities Consultant2008 — 2011
Education
- University of OxfordMaster of Arts (MA Oxon), Politics2009 — 2011
- AngelPad2014
- General AssemblyWeb Development
- King's College School
Skills & more
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SalesGraduate RecruitmentTrainingCommoditySoftware Project ManagementRecruitingWeb DesignCoachingAnalysisTeam LeadershipStrategyManagementLanguages English · Russian
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Sultan Murad SaidovMeet TalentGPT with Beamery's Cofounder Sultan Saidov
WorkTech
Beamery’s Secret to Managing Global Talent with AI -- Interview with President Sultan Saidov | E84
Imagine AI Live
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