Fred Ehrsam
| Fred Ehrsam | |
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| Born | Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III |
| 🏫 Education | Duke University |
| 💼 Occupation | Co-founder of Coinbase, Co-founder/Managing Partner of Paradigm |
Fred Ehrsam, born Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III,[1][2] is an American entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the digital currency exchange company Coinbase. He is currently the co-founder and Managing Partner of Paradigm[3].
Early life and education[edit]
In 2006, Ehrsam graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, Massachusetts.[4][5] In 2010, Ehrsam graduated with distinction from Duke University, earning a B.S. in computer science with a minor in economics.[6][7] At Duke, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[8]
Career[edit]
After graduating from Duke, Ehrsam initially worked at Goldman Sachs in New York on the foreign exchange trading desk.[7] He also worked in New York at BlackRock as a portfolio analyst.[7]
Ehrsam left Goldman Sachs in 2012 to found Coinbase, a digital cryptocurrency exchange platform, with Brian Armstrong.[9][10] The company went through the Y Combinator startup incubator .[11] From 2012 to 2017, Ehrsam served as president of the company,[9] over which time the service reached 13 million users[12] and a valuation of $1.6 billion USD.[13] In late 2017, Ehrsam transitioned away from day-to-day operations at Coinbase to focus on building blockchain-based apps.[14]Ehrsam remains an active member of the company's board of directors.[15]
In 2018, Ehrsam and Matt Huang of Sequoia Capital formed a crypto fund.[16][17] Sequoia subsequently accounted that it would invest in the new fund.[18]
Ehrsam currently resides in San Francisco.
Media appearances[edit]
Time magazine recognized Ehrsam as one of its 30 Under 30: World Changers in 2013.[11] Forbes named him to its list of the Most Powerful People in Tech in 2014.[19]
Ehrsam appeared in the 2014 film The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin along with the other co-founder of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong.[20]
He was also featured as one of the main protagonists in the 2020 novel "Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street"[21]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ↑ Stecklow, Steve. "Exclusive: Tezos founders push for legal bailout from Swiss foundation". U.S. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "These Young Investors Betting Big On Crypto Are Taking Harvard And Stanford Along For The Ride". Forbes. October 18, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ↑ Journal, Concord. "Concord-Carlisle High School senior awards". The Enterprise, Brockton, MA. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Concord-Carlisle High School Class of 2006". Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ Becker, Charles; Ehrsam, Frederick (2010-05-03). "The downfall of Durham's historic Hayti: Propagated or preempted by urban renewal?" (PDF). Duke University. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Bitcoin Is Good". Recode. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ SAE Alumni Directory. Evanston, IL: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shin, Laura. "Bitcoin's Blue Chip". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Goldman analyst quits for Bitcoin". eFinancialCareers. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Nicks, Denver. "These Are the 30 People Under 30 Changing the World". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ Cheng, Evelyn (2017-11-27). "Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has more users than stock brokerage Schwab". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Highest valued unicorn companies June 2018". Statista. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Why Coinbase's Cofounder Is Moving On". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Why Coinbase's Cofounder Is Moving On". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ↑ Chernova, Yuliya (2018-06-01). "Matt Huang Leaving Sequoia Capital to Start Crypto Fund With Fred Ehrsam". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "A top VC is teaming up with the co-founder of Coinbase to launch an investment fund that's all about cryptocurrency". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Sequoia Capital partner leaves to start cryptocurrency fund". Axios. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "The Most Powerful Person In Tech At Every Age". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014), retrieved 2018-07-30
- ↑ Roberts, Jeff (December 15, 2020). Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street. Harvard Business Review Press. p. 188. ISBN 9781647820183.
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