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Nihar Shah is Chief Economist at DoubleZero and was previously Head of Data Science at Mysten Labs and a Jump Crypto fellow. He has a PhD in economics from Harvard University.
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Sam Lessin
Sam Lessin is currently co-founder and co-CEO of Fin. He also invests in tech startups through Slow Ventures, where he is a partner. He was formerly a vice president of product management at Facebook from 2010 to 2014, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Prior to joining Facebook Sam founded drop.io, a file-sharing platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. Before drop.io Sam was an associate at Bain and Company. In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing. He is married to Jessica Lessin, founder of The Information. Sam Lessin is the co-founder and CEO of Drop.io. Prior to Drop.io he worked at Bain & Company. He graduated from Harvard University (Magna Cum Laude & PBK distinctions).
Nikhil Suri
Nikhil Suri is the Product Lead at Wormhole Foundation. Presively he was Software Engineer at Jump Crypto. Software Engineer at PayPal and Uber. Nikhil Suri graduated from Harvard University.
Rishav (Rish) Mukherji
Rishav (Rish) Mukherji is the founder of Neynar and previously he was a group product manager at Coinbase. He graduated from Harvard University in the United States.
Evan Cheng
Evan Cheng is the co-founder and CEO of Sui/Mysten Labs. He was formerly the R&D director at Novi Financial.
Sam Blackshear
Sam Blackshear is the co-founder and CTO of Sui/Mysten Labs, and he was previously the lead engineer at Novi Financial.
George Danezis
George Danezis is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Sui/Mysten Labs.
Adeniyi Abiodun
Adeniyi Abiodun is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Sui/Mysten Labs. Prior to founding Mysten Labs, Adeniyi led many of Meta’s R&D initiatives in blockchain and cryptocurrency, including the Diem (also known as Libra) Network and the Move programming language.
Alberto Sonnino
Alberto Sonnino is a research scientist at MystenLabs and previously a research scientist on Facebook's Calibra blockchain team. He is a PhD student in Safety Engineering at UCL, University of London, under Professors George Danezis and Jens Groth. He is also a co-founder and researcher at ChainSpace.io, building a scalable smart contract platform.
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.
Amar Kuchinad
Amar Kuchinad is the CEO of Copper. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets, having served as Chief Strategy Officer at Trumid, CEO of Electronifie (a corporate bond trading platform acquired by Trumid in May 2017). Prior to founding Electronifie in 2014, Amar served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Trading and Markets Division at the SEC. Previously, he led multiple equity options, emerging markets, and credit trading businesses at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Amar graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and was a member of the track and field team.