Brian Armstrong
CEO of Coinbase
Billionaire | Business Executive | Investor
Brian Armstong
At Coinbase, our mission is to create an open financial system for the world. We believe that open protocols for money will create more innovation, economic freedom, and equality of opportunity in the world, just like the Internet did for publishing information

ABOUT

  • CEO, Coinbase, world’s largest and most popular Bitcoin exchanges
  • Billionaire with net worth over $10B as of April 2021
  • Regarded as the rockstar in the Bitcoin community
  • A leading proponent of Bitcoin adoption and frequently speaks at conferences, workshops and seminars

It’s important to understand how Coinbase thinks about regulation and compliance in the digital currency space. As an exchange, we view compliance as key to digital currency’s success

-This Guy

CAREER

  • Started learning Java and CSS in High School
  • Started studying Computer Science and Economics at The Rice University, Houston, Texas in 2001
  • Graduated with a double major in Economics and Computer Science in 2005
  • Completed Master’s degree in Computer Science from the same university in 2006
  • Worked as an intern for IBM for four months while studying
  • Worked as an Enterprise Risk Management Consultant for Deloitte & Touche after graduating from Rice University
  • June 2003, launched UniversityTutor.com with John Nelson
  • 2003 – 2012, CEO of UniversityTutor.com
  • 2011, Started working as a Software Engineer at Airbnb.com
  • 2012, quit Airbnb.com to create Coinbase along with Fred Ehrsam
  • 2012, launched Coinbase in October 2012

BOOK/DOCUMENTARY

  • Featured in the 2014 American documentary, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
  • Main character in the 2020 novel Kings of Crypto: One Startup’s Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street

achievement

2017, Coinbase achieved Unicorn status, making it the first cryptocurrency to do so

Completed an on-blockchain migration of approximately $5 Billion

Established Coinbase Custody as a limited purpose trust company under New York State Banking Law

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