Changpeng Zhao

Founder at Binance

Overview

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Changpeng Zhao is the Founder and former CEO of Binance. He is originally from Guiyang, Guizhou, and was born in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. He was a member of Blockchain.info and the chief technology officer of OKCoin, and also served as the technical director of Bloomberg. Changpeng Zhao is best known for founding cryptocurrency exchange Binance. His wife is He Yi, the co-founder of Binance, and they have two children together. On November 21, 2023, Changpeng Zhao announced his resignation as CEO.

Work Experience

Binance

Founder

OKX

Bloomberg

Education Experience

McGill University

Relevance Person

Zhebin(Joey) Ni

Zhebin (Joey) Ni is the CEO of KiloEx and has previously served as a Senior Business Development Manager for OKX and Phemex.

Hakuna Xie

Hakuna Xie is an Investment Director at LD Capital. She has previously worked as a Partner at BlockArk and PR at Binance. She received her education from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai, China.

Lennix Lai

Lennix Lai is the chief commercial officer of OKX. He joined OKX in 2017 and previously worked for JP Morgan Chase, AIG and Celestial Financial Services Group.

Mandy Campbell

Mandy leads Bain Capital Crypto’s and portfolio marketing efforts across brand, content, events, and communications. Before joining the Bain team, she led Marketing for global crypto exchange Okcoin and managed fast-growing teams at companies like GitHub, Lyft, and Meta. When she’s not helping builders, she’s hiking with her family or searching for carrot cake in the Bay Area.

Jason Lau

Jason Lau is the Chief Operating Officer at Okcoin & Chief Innovation Officer at OKX, one of the world's leading fiat-focused digital asset exchanges. He has previously served as VP of Business Development of OKEx, an exchange focused on token-to-token and crypto derivative trading. With his background in traditional finance and trading, Jason is passionate about driving more awareness and adoption of crypto, building teams, capitalizing on growth opportunities, and ultimately helping people fulfill their potential. In his role at OKCoin, he is responsible for helping expand the company's international footprint to bring safe, trusted cryptocurrency access to users throughout the world.

Rich Hauschild

Rich Hauschild is the CEO of Fortress Trust and previously served as COO of crypto IRA provider iTrustCapital.

Chris Lee

Chris Lee is co-founder and partner of TKX Capital. He has served as partner of Black Hole Capital Group, CFO of Huobi, and CEO of OKX.

Chase Guo

Chase Guo is the Co-Founder of Sleek. Previously, he was the Investment Director at Binance Labs.

Yele Bademosi

Yele Bademosi is the CEO and Co-Founder at Nestcoin. Yele is passionate about blockchain adoption at a global level, sharing: “On a high level, my mandate is to leverage blockchain to accelerate Africa’s transition to a sustainable and developed economy. I believe very strongly that blockchain adoption will come from frontier markets that will leapfrog the existing financial systems as well as governance and economic models.”