Changpeng Zhao

But other people on our team have.

on your team yeah yeah other people on our team so i like i tell people like entrepreneurship is a physical uh demanding activity it's not not just mental it's a physically demanding activity um uh our cto still use eye drops from today from those days he got an eye infection he had to use eye drops um he still uses that till today till today so he's still there he's still he's no longer cto now he but he's still there he's one of the co-founders who

The original people that were there, is it fair to say they're all financially successful beyond the wildest imagination?

Yes, yes.

They all are successful, and you guys are all friends still.

You guys have relationships together.

That's a beautiful thing about building something like that.

And 80% of the co-founders are still with the company.

I'm actually one of the persons that stepped back.

And also, even the people who left were friends.

So my co-founders made money.

So there's a saying, especially in the Chinese communities, that I have been a pretty good leader, that I treated my people well.

That's good.

And by the way, would you consider yourself Chinese?

Like if somebody asks you nationality, would you say I'm Chinese?

No, I think definitely, ethnicity-wise, I'm Chinese, right?

But my thinking, my way of doing business, my mental process is much, much more Canadian, US even.

Canadian, US.

Yeah, I think my English accent is more US-centric, even though it may not be perfect.

But the way I think and I do business is much more U.S., capitalist.