The famous Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known by his initials SBF, is an American entrepreneur, investor, and founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, FTX.US, and quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research.
In September 2017, Bankman-Fried left Jane Street and moved to Berkeley, where he worked briefly at the Centre for Effective Altruism as director of development from October to November 2017. In November 2017, he founded Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm along with Tara Mac Aulay from the Centre of Effective Altruism.
As of 2021, Bankman-Fried owned approximately 90% of Alameda Research. In January 2018, Bankman-Fried organized an arbitrage trade, moving up to $25M per day, to take advantage of the higher price of bitcoin in Japan compared to in America. After attending a late 2018 cryptocurrency conference in Macau, he moved to Hong Kong. He founded FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, in April 2019, and it then launched the following month.
Sam Bankman-Fried wife
Sam Bankman-Fried is not married and he was in a relationship with Caroline Ellison they later broke up and went on their separate ways.
Sam Bankman-Fried children
Sam Bankman-Fried has no kids or children.
Sam Bankman-Fried parents
Sam Bankman-Fried was born to a Jewish family. He is the son of Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, both professors at Stanford Law School.
Sam Bankman-Fried siblings
Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother, Gabriel Bankman-Fried, is a former Wall Street trader and the director of the non-profit Guarding Against Pandemics.
