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Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski is a Polish American technology entrepreneur born in 1950 in Chicago. He is currently the Executive Chairman and CEO of SilkRoad Equity, a private investment firm, and founded Platinum Technology in 1985. He founded or co-founded Blue Rhino Corporation, Primo Water, SilkRoad technology Inc., DBMS Inc., the House of Blues, SolidSpace Inc., onramp Branding, MissionMode and InterAct 911. Platinum technology was sold to Computer Associates in 1999 for $3.5 billion, a record at the time for a software company. Filipowski founded or served in an executive capacity in a number of companies including divine, inc., DBMS, Inc. and Cullinet Corp; he also served in various managerial and technical positions with A.B. Dick, Motorola and Time, Inc. Throughout the course of his career, Filipowski, along with his management team, has acquired and integrated nearly 200 public and private companies. Andrew graduated from Harvard Business School in the United States.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Matthew Roszak
Matthew Roszak is Co-Founder and Chairman of Bloq Blockchain Technologies, Founding Partner of Tally Capital, Co-Founder of Vesper, and Founder of Metronome, a Next-Generation Cryptocurrency. He is a Leading Blockchain Investor, Entrepreneur, and Advocate. He also serves as the Chairman of the Chamber of Digital Commerce Blockchain Industry Association, Founder of Token Alliance, and a Board Member of BitGive. He is also the Founder of the Chicago Blockchain Center and the Producer of the industry's first documentary, "The Rise of Bitcoin".
Geoff Hamilton
Geoff is an Investment Research Partner at Variant, where he focuses primarily on DeFi. Prior to joining Variant, Geoff spent 15 years investing in private and public companies. During that time, helped start and grow five investment firms, including Askesis Capital, Dayah Capital, Sachem Head Capital Management, and Conatus Capital. Before that, Geoff worked at Bain Capital and Bain & Company and studied Economics at Harvard.
James Hutchins
James is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at NIV. He leads the firm’s research efforts, and is passionate about leveraging data to uncover new trends, inform investment decisions, and support portfolio companies. James has been a full-time crypto investor since 2018, and was previously Head of Research at Coatue Management. He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard.
David Bonanno
David Bonanno is chief strategy officer at Bullish and was previously chief financial officer at Far Peak Acquisition Corp. He holds a BA in psychology from Harvard University.
Cully Cavness
Cully Cavness is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Crusoe Energy. He was educated at Harvard Business School Executive Education.
Li Jin
Li Jin is the co-founder of Variant Fund and the founder of Atelier Ventures. Prior to that, Li Jin was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Glenn Hutchins
Glenn is co-founder and Chairman at NIV. Previously, he co-founded the private equity firm Silver Lake. He is currently a director of AT&T, Co-Chair of the Brookings Institution, Chair of CARE, and Vice Chair of the Obama Foundation. He was a Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2011-2020. Glenn founded the Hutchins Family Foundation which has created the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University and the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at The Brookings Institution. He holds an AB from Harvard College, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Will Roller
Will Roller is Head of Growth at Hyperline and was previously Head of Product at Multiplyr and a member of the founding team at Affine DeFi. He graduated from Harvard University.
Jeff Yan
Jeff Yan is a co-founder of Hyperliquid. Jeff began his career in high frequency trading at Hudson River Trading but soon moved over to the world of crypto where he built one of the largest market making firms in the space.