Changpeng Zhao
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The other two guys, were they players in the Bitcoin space?
Well, the founder is a 20-year-old kid who wrote a website that attracted 20 million users.
Wow, at the time he was 20?
At the time he was 21, 22, yeah.
And how old were you at the time?
I was 36, 37.
So a 36, 37-year-old goes and works for a 20-year-old to build a website with 20 million users.
Well, he already built the website.
I was just helping him, really.
Did you go in as an equity position player or no, just a regular person?
No, I joined without much equity.
I have an earn out to earn the equity, but I didn't stay that long.
I didn't stay more than a year.
Did he end up becoming a major player?
Is he a known guy in Bitcoin today?
Has he become very successful?
No.
No, his name is Ben Reeves.
He's the founder of the company, but he sold his shares later on for at least a few million, probably double-digit millions.
But then he's a very low-key introvert, so he stayed out of sight.