About
Ueli Friedli is Head of Finance at Fifty Years. He previously served as a Platoon Leader in the Swiss Armed Forces, spent five years on BCG's Corporate Finance Task Force, and worked at EQT on the investor side. Over the past decade he has led finance on the operational side, most recently at the startup Wonderschool, and now oversees the firm's finance function while providing strategic and operational support to portfolio founders.
Experience
- Fifty YearsFinance @ Fifty Yearscurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WonderschoolExecutive Vice President of Finance2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Career BreakFull-time parenting2021
- MiroHead of Strategic Finance2020
- Skidata / Kudelski Security / Nagravision GroupVice President Finance2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- EQT PartnersInvestment Manager Private Equity (Growth Equity, Venture)2011 — 2014
- The Boston Consulting GroupStrategy Consultant Project Leader2006 — 2011
- Swiss Armed ForcesFirst Lieutenant (NATO Of-1) serving as Platoon Leader & Company Leadership Staff2001 — 2006
- BrainStoreIdea Generation Workshop Leader1997 — 2001
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Finance
- Stanford University School of EngineeringProduct Management
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTechnology & Innovation, Cross-registered
- Singapore Management UniversityFinance & Area Studies, Integrated Exchange Semester
- University of St.GallenFinance & International Management, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Skills & more
StrategyManagement19NegotiationBusiness Strategy21Entrepreneurship11Corporate Finance28Mergers & Acquisitions25AnalyticsProject Management1Pre-salesProduct ManagementGo-to-market Strategy
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Business IntelligenceDue DiligenceFinancial ModelingCorporate DevelopmentMulti-channel MarketingStart-upsVenture CapitalDigital MediaEmerging MarketsCompetitive AnalysisB2B MarketingFrenchLanguages English · French · German · Italian · Spanish
From Ueli's professional profile.
Colleagues at Fifty Years
Ale Borda
Head of 5050 at Fifty Years
Alex Teng
Partner at Fifty Years
Ania Scigalska
Chief of Staff to Seth Bannon at Fifty Years
D. Scott Phoenix
Partner at Fifty Years
Drew Moxon
Head of Platform and Product at Fifty Years
Ela Madej
Founding Partner at Fifty Years
Joe Fox
Engineer at Fifty Years
Kasia Bojanowska
Designer at Fifty Years
Frequently asked questions
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- Ueli Friedli is Head of Finance at Fifty Years.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University School of Engineering30
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended Singapore Management University146
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Also attended University of St.Gallen245
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wonderschool7
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Also worked at Miro18
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Also worked at EQT Partners61
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Also worked at The Boston Consulting Group866
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