Rank #107
Stuart Hoegner
Net worth $24.7B
Cryptocurrency · Canada
- Born
- Jan 01, 1970
- Age
- 56
- Source
- Cryptocurrency
- Residence
- Toronto, Ontario
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Stuart Hoegner served as general counsel for Tether and its sister company Bitfinex from 2014 to 2024.
- A Canadian certified accountant, Hoegner began his career at Ernst & Young before starting Gaming Counsel Professional Corporation, a boutique law practice that catered to online gambling and cryptocurrency clients.
- He was also previously a director of compliance and deputy general counsel at Excapsa Software, an online poker company that became embroiled in a software-facilitated cheating scandal.
- He owns an estimated 12% of Tether, the largest issuer of stablecoins.
- Tether reported more than $10 billion in profit in 2025, largely from interest on the reserves backing USDT.