Draft:Barry Silbert
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Barry Silbert | |
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| Born | 1976 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Emory University |
| Occupation(s) | venture capitalist and cryptocurrency investor |
| Title | CEO, Digital Currency Group |
Barry Silbert (born 1976) is an American billionaire venture capitalist and cryptocurrency investor. Silbert is the CEO of Digital Currency Group company.[1] As of May 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$3.2 billion dollars.[1] [2]
Education[edit]
Silbert graduated from Emory University in 1998.[3]
Career[edit]
Silbert founded and was the CEO of SecondMarket a startup that simplifies secondary securities transactions. SecondMarket was purchased by Nasdaq in 2015 for an undisclosed sum.[4]
He subsequently founded the Digital Currency Group in 2015. He created the Greyscale Bitcoin Investment Trust or GBTC traded on NYSE.[5][6][7]
Prior to founding there companies he worked as an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey.[8]
An early investor in Coinbase and Ripple, Silbert has been named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young and has also made Crain's “40 Under 40” list of 2013.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Silbert lives in Rye, New York.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Forbes profile: Barry Silbert". Forbes. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Forbes richest in Crypto". Forbes. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Barry Silbert '98". EmoryBusiness.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Nasdaq private market acquires SecondMarket". Nasdaq.
- ^ "DCG wants to be Standard oil of Crypto". WallStreetJournal. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Blockchain Disruption". Biz Journal. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "DCG SEC stalemate". CoinDesk. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Bio Barry Silbert". CoinTelegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Crain's 40 under 40". CrainCommunications.
- ^ https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/11/23/dcgs-barry-silbert-writes-letter-to-investors-after-ftx-collapse.html
- ^ https://www.ft.com/content/7ed6f5f0-4d65-4cf2-a74f-958fd52a287b
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-06/barry-silbert-s-list-of-crypto-woes-starts-with-genesis-bankruptcy-angst
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/who-is-barry-silbert-head-genesis-owner-dcg-2023-01-20/