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Mark Sawyier

CEO and director at GiftBetter; CEO at Bonfyre.

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Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 9, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Mark Sawyier

Mark Sawyier is GiftBetter's CEO and a director. GiftBetter lets people send flexible gift cards for local St. Louis businesses. He also runs Bonfyre as CEO. Its employee engagement platform is used by Duke Energy and Medtronic. Bonfyre was named Employee Recognition Solution of the Year in the 2024 RemoteTech Breakthrough Awards.

He launched MovingOffCampus.com with a classmate in 2004 to help college students find off-campus apartments. He later co-launched Bonfyre, which began in 2012 as a private social network for event attendees. Express Scripts was among its first customers. He earned a WashU AB in 2007, majoring in Spanish and what is now called global studies. He holds a place on the Saint Louis Science Center's board of commissioners. He also attends Skandalaris Center events and periodically judges pitch competitions.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Mark Sawyier in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

GiftBetter Inc. Current
CEO and director
2026 – Present · St. Louis, MO
GiftBetter lets individuals and employers send personalized cards redeemable at participating St. Louis merchants.
Bonfyre Current
CEO
Saint Louis Science Center Current
board of commissioners
MovingOffCampus.com
From 2004

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Mark Sawyier works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

GiftBetter Inc. · Form D, Nov 9, 2026
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Mark Sawyier in the News

Sources

  1. SECGiftBetter Inc. Form D, filed Nov 9, 2026
  2. P2About | GiftBetter