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Gary Wang

Net worth $0.0B

cryptocurrency exchange · United States

Born
Jun 13, 1993
Age
32
Source
cryptocurrency exchange
Residence
Nassau
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Gary Wang was a cryptocurrency billionaire until the empire he built with Sam Bankman-Fried imploded in November 2022.
  • Wang cofounded crypto exchange FTX and helped grow it into a leading marketplace for buying and selling crypto derivatives.
  • Wang pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of commodities fraud in Dec. 2022
  • An MIT grad, Wang worked at Google, building systems to aggregate prices across millions of flights, before linking up with Bankman-Fried to launch trading firm Alameda Research and FTX.
  • Wang, who first met SBF at math camp during high school, is expected to cooperate with prosecutors against his friend.

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