#287
Sam Bankman-Fried
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- cryptocurrency
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Nassau
- Organization
- Founder at FTX
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Biography
Sam Bankman-Fried manages $2.5 billion of assets through Alameda Research, the quantitative crypto trading firm he founded in 2017.
An MIT grad and former Wall Street ETF trader, he also launched FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, in 2019.
The vast majority of his wealth is in FTX's equity and tokens (FTT).
About
Bankman-Fried is the proponent of the Effective Altruism movement, having founded FTX with the goal of donating to the world's most effective charities.