Brian Armstrong Biography
Brian Armstrong is an American cryptocurrency entrepreneur and software engineer. He is known for being the CEO of cryptocurrency trading company Coinbase.
Brian Armstrong Age
Armstrong was born on 25th January 1983 in San Jose, California.
Brian Armstrong Height
Armstrong stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Brian Armstrong Family
Armstrong was born to engineer parents, little is known concerning his family. We will update this information once it is available.
Brian Armstrong Wife
Armstrong has kept matters concerning his love life private from the public eye. It is unknown if he is married or dating someone. We will update this information once it is available.
Brian Armstrong Education
Armstrong studied at Rice University in Texas where he got his dual bachelor’s degree in economics and computer science.
Brian Armstrong Career
Armstrong started his career as a developer for IBM and a consultant for Deloitte. He stumbled upon the bitcoin white paper written under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010. He joined Airbnb as a software developer in 2011 and gained experience with payment systems in the 190 countries where the company operated at the time. He witnessed the problems of sending money to South America while working at Airbnb. He started writing Ruby and JavaScript programs to buy and store cryptocoins on weekends and evenings. He received a $150,000 investment from the Y Combinator business accelerator in 2012, which he utilized to launch Coinbase.
Brian Armstrong Coinbase
Coinbase was launched in 2012 by Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam as a way for cryptocurrency enthusiasts to trade bitcoins and other digital currencies. Armstrong was the company’s first CEO. The company was valued at $8.1 billion in a 2018 investment round, and in December 2020, it filed with the SEC to go public through a direct listing. Coinbase’s market value increased to $85 billion after a direct listing in April 2021, and Armstrong’s total net worth surpassed $10 billion.
In its first year, Coinbase recruited roughly 30,000 users. It now boasts a population of almost 20 million people. Coinbase was the most downloaded iPhone app in America during the crypto boom in 2017, and it reportedly made $1 billion in revenue that year.
Brian Armstrong Net worth
Armstrong has an estimated net worth of $10 billion.