Changpeng Zhao
Founder and CEO of Binance
Chinese-Canadian coder with an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion
"No decentralized exchange today can handle our volume, and none are as secure as we are"

ABOUT

  • Goes by CZ
  • 45-year-old Chinese-Canadian coder with an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion (as of 2021)
  • Founder and CEO, Binance, largest Cryptocurrency Exchange in the World
  •  Attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he majored in computer science
  • Worked several service industry jobs, was a McDonald’s employee
  • Has also become a social media personality with his trademark “funds are safu”
  • Billionaire who is crypto rich and doesn’t own much fiat

 “I just want to keep crypto. And I don’t plan to convert my crypto into cash in the future”

-This Guy

CAREER

  • Worked as an intern for a subcontractor of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, developing software for matching trade orders
  • 2001 – 2005, Head of Tradebook Futures Development at Bloomberg
  • 2005, moved to Shanghai where he founded Fusion Systems, known for “some of the fastest high-frequency trading systems for brokers”
  • 2013, worked for various cryptocurrency projects including Blockchain.info, and also served as CTO of OKCoin
  • Worked closely with Bitcoin evangelists like Roger Ver and Ben Reeves 
  • 2017, left OKCoin to start Binance

achievement

Grew Binance into the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in less than 8 months

Launched blockchain network Binance Smart Chain that has made a notable contribution to the development of the DeFi industry

Binance has made 7 big acquisitions including Swipe.io and CoinMarketCap

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