Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder of FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried is the founder of FTX. FTX has raised $1.8B in total funding. Backed by SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Third Point. Based in Hong Kong.

About Sam Bankman-Fried

Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, is the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research. From 2019 to 2022, Bankman-Fried misappropriated billions of dollars of customer funds deposited with FTX, defrauded investors in FTX of more than $1.7 billion, and defrauded lenders to Alameda of more than $1.3 billion. In July 2021, FTX was valued at $18 billion in a funding round.

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