Bruce Friedrich serves as GFI’s chief thought leader and relationship-builder, working in close partnership with GFI’s global teams and food system stakeholders around the world.

Friedrich oversees GFI’s global strategy, working with and across all of GFI’s international teams to ensure that GFI is maximally effective at implementing programs that deliver mission-focused results. Friedrich is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, 2021 “American Food Hero” in EatingWell Magazine, and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wired, and many other publications.

He has represented GFI on the TED Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, Ezra Klein Show, Making Sense (Sam Harris), ReCode Decode, and other programs and podcasts. Friedrich’s 2019 TED talk has been viewed two million times and translated into dozens of languages. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.

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