Meet Our Mentors

Simon Black

Established the Blacksmith Camp in 2010 together with Viktorija.

He is an accomplished entrepreneur, writer, investor, and free soul who has explored the world across more than 120 countries on all 7 continents.

But Simon’s travels weren’t for lifestyle design, or to be a digital nomad. His goal was to build relationships. To learn from successful, influential people. And to find lucrative business and investment opportunities in hidden corners of the world that were being ignored by the market.

Simon co-founded SovereignMan.com in 2009, the most popular international investing and asset protection website in the world.

In 2014, Simon founded Agricultural Land Corporation, a $100 million business based in Chile that is a world-leading producer of blueberries and walnuts, and currently employs more than 500 people.

Simon founded Strategic Bank in 2017– a 100% digital boutique private bank that provides safety, transparency, and individualized attention to international angel investors around the world.

Viktorija Šimulynaitė

The co-founder of the Blacksmith camp and executive director of the charitable foundation Suvereni Akademija.

Viktorija has worked with Simon for more than a decade, co-investing alongside him and managing several of the investments in a private equity portfolio. In this role she has negotiated directly with heads of state, ambassadors, and prominent business leaders from around the world, and built an incredibly impressive Rolodex.

Her current focus is directing a physical product business in which Simon has a controlling stake, with the goal of finalizing a mid-8 figure deal for widespread distribution at a national retail chain.

She is also a certified Krav Maga instructor and has trained in Israel.

Matthew Smith

One of the most gifted entrepreneurs you could ever hope to meet.

Like some of the most successful people in the world, Matt dropped out of college. Instead of wasting away in school, he spent his early 20s learning valuable skills from the most talented people he could find.

In doing so, he developed almost unparalleled business and marketing prowess which he has used to generate vast income streams and build successful businesses.

Matt has sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of products and services through his various ventures.

Matt’s most recent tenure was as CEO of Stansberry Research, one of the largest financial publishing firms in the world with a circulation larger than the Wall Street Journal, hundreds of employees, and hundreds of millions in revenue.

He’s now the CEO and principal shareholder of Royalty Exchange, a Peer-to-Peer financial platform that has been extremely disruptive in the music industry.

Matt’s business recently made history by acquiring producer royalties from Eminem’s entire recording catalog from 1999-2013.

Like much of what Matt has accomplished in his life, this is something that had never been done before… ever.

Craig Ballantyne

Best-selling author, one of the world’s foremost Internet marketing gurus, as well as one of the most sought-after fitness entrepreneurs on the Internet.

As a workout routine and fat loss expert, Craig has taken his offline credibility from being published in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines, and turned it into a multimillion dollar fitness enterprise at TurbulenceTraining.com.

Craig is also co-owner and Editor-in-Chief of EarlytoRise.com, one of the most popular personal development websites in the world.

His book, The Perfect Day Formula, has been not only a best-seller, but an enormous influence that has dramatically altered the course of his readers’ lives.

He is a true master of written communication and developing strong, lasting relationships with customers. Craig has been Simon’s constant partner in this entrepreneurship camp since the very beginning.

Clifford Mee

Cliff will have forgotten more about sales, marketing, and building a valuable brand by the time you finish this sentence than most people will ever know in their entire lives.

His skills are truly remarkable; Cliff regularly accomplishes what most people in business consider to be impossible, including turning failing companies that have been left for dead into extremely successful, cash-gushing businesses.

Originally from the UK, Cliff has traveled and lived all over the world, from Koh Samui, Thailand, to Byron Bay, Australia, where he currently resides today running a large business in partnership with Simon.

Cliff is a six-time instructor at Sovereign Academy; his brain is probably one of the most incredible resources you could ever hope to access, particularly when it comes to marketing products and services.

It doesn’t matter where you are at in your own company’s development… or how much you already know about marketing and business. You will learn a LOT from Cliff.

Bill Silva

Founder of Bill Silva Entertainment, a leading music publisher, manager, and concert promoter based in Hollywood, California.

Bill has personally managed bands like Linkin Park, Jason Mraz, and many more, plus his company is one of the leading concert promoters in the country.

Bill’s personal Rolodex includes nearly every rock star and entertainer you’ve ever known; the celebrities who are idolized by the rest of the public are Bill’s friends, associates, and business partners.

We are truly fortunate to have Bill joining us and sharing his unique knowledge and experiences for the third year in a row.

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