At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Chairman operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a Chairman is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Abraham King
Chairman and CEO of Immortal Machines
Abraham King is a co-Founder and CEO of Immortal Machines, a stealth mode startup headquartered in Palo Alto. Immortal Machines is building the next generation Cloud platform for Fortune 500 enterprises. Earlier, he was an entrepreneur in Aerospace and Defense working in partnership with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon. King’s prior work is used by the U.S. Navy to build mission critical integrity verification platforms in Submarine Combat Systems, and by the U.S. Air Force to build Situational Awareness Systems to autonomously manage real time complex networks of Space based assets and Ground Control Systems. King was one of the creators of CERN’s Planet scale Cloud platforms — the pioneering Cloud fabric behind Large Hadron Collider, spanning across forty nations — usage of which has resulted in multiple Nobel Prizes. He led the international group which created the original technology blueprint in the United States, and later held multiple leadership and executive roles. King began his career with U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, and European Organization for Nuclear Research — working on Artificial Intelligence, Planet scale Distributed Computing, Cryptography, and Supercomputing.
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About Immortal Machines: Immortal Machines is building the next generation Cloud platform for large enterprises and Fortune 500 corporations.
Scott Scheper
Founder, Vice Chairman & CMO of XYO
Scott has worked on many exciting ventures with exceptionally talented people, including the Co-founder of Uber. Scott’s first “real boss” was Arie Trouw, who hired Scott in 2009 during an economic recession, when very few companies were hiring, and even fewer were starting companies. What began as a Facebook app startup with four guys and a ping pong table, grew to over 200 employees and 9-figures in revenue in less than two years. In 2013 Scott took a break from corporate life to pursue the dream of working remotely on a laptop while sipping tropical drinks on the beaches of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S.). During this period, Scott launched Greenlamp, a programmatic advertising agency specializing in direct-response media buying. The agency was fully automated; built entirely using algorithms to manage the campaigns. The team was built with project-basis software engineers, and had only one full-time employee: that being Scott. The advertising campaigns were managed by an automated system, nicknamed “Stewie” (Family Guy). 24-hours a day, Stewie managed everything, making automated tweaks to the advertising campaigns. He even emailed Scott to chat about the changes made (Stewie’s emails included signature Stewie lines). In its first year of operation, Greenlamp generated over $12M in revenue. When not working, Scott can be found reading books by his idols, Gary C. Halbert and Charlie Munger, or sometimes even outside with friends and family in San Diego, California.
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About XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Susan Hauser
Chairman Of The Board of Digital Asset
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About Prime Foray: Digital Asset develops ledger technology intended to build distributed, encrypted straight-through processing tools.
Ben Golub
Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Storj
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About dotCloud, Storj: Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
James Wo
Founder & Chairman of Digital Finance Group
James is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in the digital assets space who founded DFG in 2015, where he oversees over $1 billion assets under management. He is an early investor in companies like LedgerX, Coinlist, Circle, 3iQ. James is also an early investor and supporter of Polkadot and Kusama Network. He contributes substantially to the ecosystem through capital allocation, donations and actively supporting the Parachain Auctions. Additionally James serves as the board and committee member of Chamber of Digital Commerce and acts as Chairman at UAE Licensed Matrix Exchange.
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About Digital Finance Group, Jsquare: Diversified investment group that manages $1B in digital & blockchain assets across multiple funds, an incubator and global projects
Shaunt Sarkissian
Founder & Executive Chairman of X Co
Shaunt Sarkissian is a highly accomplished payments executive, entrepreneur, and Founder, and CEO of ID-TX, Inc. Prior to founding ID-TX, Shaunt was Chief Innovation Officer, Global Head of Payments, IP, and Corporate Development at TBOL. and previously was EVP – Head of Payments division at Uphold, Inc. (following the acquisition of Cortex MCP by Uphold, Inc.). Shaunt was the founder, CEO and a director on the Board of Directors of Cortex MCP – provider of a next-generation mobile wallet payment platform that unlocks the potential of the rapidly evolving mobile commerce market. Cortex MCP was acquired by Uphold, Inc. in February of 2018. Prior to founding Cortex MCP in 2012, Shaunt was the vice president of strategic business development at ROAM Data, Inc., an early mover in the mobile POS solutions market. At ROAM Data, Shaunt led the company’s client acquisition strategy and spearheaded relationships with key ROAM clients, including PayPal, Groupon, Google and others. Previously, Shaunt founded Sarkcom Corporation where he spearheaded the drafting of four innovative US patents which form the basis of the Cortex platform. In addition, Shaunt served in a range of sales, business development and corporate strategy roles with CyberSource and FEI Company.
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About ID-TX, X Co: Accelerating early stage startups in emerging US technology regions
Jeffry Brown
Chairman of the Board of RueOne Investments
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About : RueOne is a private investment firm making early to growth stage investments in FinTech / InsurTech / Enterprise Software.
Blake Darcy
Executive Chairman of Tradewind Markets
Founded the online brokerage firm DLJdirect in 1987 under the brand PCFN on the Prodigy service. Led the firm from 1987 through 2001. Launched online brokerage JVs in Japan with Sumitomo and in Hong Kong with Hutchison Whampoa. Launched stand-alone online firm in UK. Formed a technology firm, iNautix (now owned by BNYMellon), to provide internet solutions to other financial services firms and as part of this venture formed an off-shore facility in India.
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About : Tradewind Markets offers a technology platform for digitizing the trading, settlement, and ownership of precious metals.
Bruce Porter Jr
Chairman & CEO of GlobalBoost
Bruce Porter Jr. has brought together world leaders developing the digital landscape from Dubai to Washington, DC. Porter brings a solid track record. His name is synonymous with the Bitcoin monetary revolution. He is the CEO at GlobalBoost and Founder at Washington Elite.
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About DC Translation, Ducatur, GlobalBoost, PO8, Washingon Elite Summit, Washingon Elite Summit: GlobalBoost-Y (BSTY) is the 1st digital currency to use the powerful Yescrypt code as it’s POW.
Frederic Montagnon
Co-Founder & Chairman of LGO Group
Entrepreneur and investor with 20 years experience, Frédéric has founded, ran and exited 4 companies for a total value of more than USD 400 million. He has been involved in the field of cryptocurrency as an investor since 2013.
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About LGO Group: Building the next generation of financial exchanges.
Matthew Roszak
Co-Founder and Chairman of Bloq
Matthew Roszak is co-founder and chairman of Bloq, a blockchain enterprise software company. Mr. Roszak is also founding partner of Tally Capital, a private investment firm focused on blockchain-enabled technology with a portfolio of over 20 investments, including BitFury, Blockstream and Factom. He is a blockchain investor, entrepreneur and advocate. He has spent over 20 years in private equity and venture capital with Advent International, Keystone Capital Partners, Platinum Venture Partners and SilkRoad Equity, and has invested over $1 billion of capital (from start-up to IPO) in a broad range of industries. He is a director and beneficial owner of Eboost, MissionMode, NeuEntity, Onramp, SolidSpace and TrueLook. He serves as chairman of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. In addition, he serves on the board of BitGive, a non-profit foundation targeting public health and the environment. He is also the founder of the Chicago Bitcoin Center, and was a producer of the blockchain industry’s first ever documentary, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin. He is a sought after thought leader on blockchain technology, and has testified before US Congress and spoken at The Brookings Institution. He has been featured on CNBC and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine. In addition, he has presented at FinTech conferences worldwide, including Money20/20, CES and American Banker.
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About Bloq, Chamber of Digital Commerce, Metronome, MissionMode, Tally Capital, Vesper.Finance: Bloq delivers enterprise grade block chain technology to leading companies worldwide.
John B. Ottman
Chairman & Co-founder of Minds
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About Minds: Minds is a crypto social network and secure messaging app that rewards users with crypto for their efforts online.
Sherrard Harrington
Founder & Chairman of EONXI
Sherrard Harrington is the Founder & Chairman @EonXI. He also serves as GP at EonXI Ventures.
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About Catamount Properties, EONXI: Venture Fund and Startup Studio
James Haft
Executive Chairman of DLTx
James Haft is an Internet media entrepreneur and merchant banker with broad experience in all aspects of early stage business investing, fund raising, business strategy and M&A. As the founder and managing director of Pacific Alliance Limited, LLC, a digital economy merchant bank, he has significant global experience managing, investing in and advising companies involved in emerging technology, Internet, integrated media, on-line advertising, on-line metrics, telecom, emerging markets, real estate and venture capital verticals. James is the Co-Founder of Condo.com, the largest on-line marketplace for the advertising, sale and rental of condominiums and its sister company, House.com; eSalon.com; and DavNet, Inc. James serves as advisor to Twepto.com, Nestio.com, OnTrade.com, Resultics.com, Nextperience.net and BroadwayAsia.com. Additionally, James is a mentor at TechStars, a leading Internet Start-Up Incubator in NYC that funds, mentors and launches 20 technology companies per year, and is currently working to establish an internet business incubator in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Previously, James was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns, Inc. where he was involved with over 75 domestic and cross border transactions between US, Asian and Latin American markets, including leading the first listing of a Chinese company on the New York Stock Exchange. James also served as the Managing Director of Latin American Equity Capital Markets for ING Barings, Inc. and Managing Director of Asian Investment Banking at Furman Selz, Inc. James is a Founding Board Member of Urban Arts Partnernship, a leading not-for-profit organization providing arts education to inner-city public schools and the Founding Chairman of the Board of WeForest, a global a not-for-profit organization whose mission is the planting of 2 trillion trees to create sustainable ecosystems and to counter the effects of the deforestation of the earth on the global warming trends. James is a graduate of Vassar College and Emory University’s Graduate Schools of Law and Business.
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About DLTx, PALcapital, PALcapital, PALgenesis: DLTx is a technology company that specializes in commercial business, physical infrastructure, and software services.
Brian Weaver
Founder ,Chairman & CEO of Torch.AI
Brian Weaver is the Founder , Chairman & CEO of Torch.AI.
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About MEDQOR, Torch.AI: Torch.AI is a network-centric AI that delivers augmented intelligence technology solutions and digital consulting services.
Sanjay Govil
Founder & Chairman of Infinite Computer Solutions
Sanjay Govil is an Indian-American business executive. He is chairman of the board for Infinite Computer Solutions, an IT service company he founded in 1999. Govil attended Auburn University where he earned a Bachelor of Engineering.After graduating from Auburn, Govil began working for IBM. During his time at IBM, he earned a Master of Engineering from Syracuse University. He worked for various companies including Verizon Communications (Bell Atlantic at the time) prior to starting his own venture. In 1999, Govil founded Infinite Computer Solutions. He used $1,000 of his own money and did not take any venture capital funding for the company. He managed the company through its initial public offering on the Bombay Stock Exchange where it raised Rs. 1.8 billion on its first day of trading instead of its expected $50 million. He helped grow it to $200 million in yearly revenue as of 2011. Govil is still actively involved with the company, serving as its chairman of the board of directors. Govil is the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, given to him in 2002. He is also involved with the Wharton School of Business where he became a fellow. He also serves as a member of the Global CEO Advisory Council for its fellows program and the board of directors for the school’s Future of Advertising Project. Govil is currently serving on the 2018 board of directors on the U.S.-India Business Council. He is also one of the investors in the data firm Applecart. In addition to his work at Infinite, Govil is active in training young entrepreneurs.
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About Infinite Computer Solutions, Zyter: Next-Gen Business Technology Platformization™ and Product Engineering Services.
Donald Leka
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Jumptuit
Creator of Jumptuit and the Glide OS Donald Leka, Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Jumptuit Group, is a technology executive with over 15 years of experience creating industry-changing and award-winning cloud and data service technologies including Jumptuit and Glide OS. The ethos underlying Mr. Leka’s career from exploration to innovation to market, from Glide through Jumptuit, has been one of creating value, empowering individuals and protecting the sanctity of data. Mr. Leka’s Jumptuit Data Science and Engineering Teams developed Jumptuit’s Nexus Framework that maintains dynamic awareness of activities and relevant events, understanding the associations between activities and events and the conditions in which they occur, autonomously providing highly nuanced and individualized relevant information, insights and predictions. Mr. Leka also created the Data Rights Matrix that autonomously enforces data privacy and market sector and jurisdictional regulations in data exchange. Mr. Leka led the Glide OS product team, commercializing cloud-based services in 2005 before any of the big tech companies offered such a platform or services with the Glide Operating System and its Productivity App Suite that competed effectively with Google Docs, Gmail and MS Office. Glide received numerous awards including PC World’s Top 100 Products and Laptop Magazine’s Top 50 Web Apps. Mr. Leka and his work have been featured in WSJ, NYT, WaPo, Forbes, CNET, PCWorld, etc., and on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and more. Mr. Leka is the co-author of the Amazon top selling book, “Cloud Computing: The Glide OS Story, Solving the Cross-Platform Puzzle.” Mr. Leka has been a featured speaker at Harvard Business School, MIT, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, TEDx, AllThingsD with Walt Mossberg, NYU, American U, U Miami, and most recently interviewed at Davos 2020 World Economic Forum. Mr. Leka ranked Number 51 In the Top 100 Most Influential Cloud Professionals. (Onalytica, July 2015) Jumptuit ranked Number 29 In the Top 100 Most Influential Cloud Brands. (Onalytica, July 2015)
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About Jumptuit: Tomorrow’s Intelligence Today
John Pigott
Chairman and CEO of ABE Global
John Pigott is the Co-Founder and CEO of ABE, a global and regulated token exchange. He also has years of experience as an advisor to exchanges and crowdfunding platforms on strategy, market structure, and technology.
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About ABE Global: ABE, “a better exchange”, is a global securities exchange.
William Grecia
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Qondado, LLC – Digital Debit Group
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About Qondado, LLC – Digital Debit Group: Creators of Digital Debit, Cashlis and KodeKey
Jeffrey Lee Nelson
President and Chairman of the Board of AppliedApps, Inc.
Jeffrey Lee Nelson is a financial executive with offices on Sun Valley Road in Ketchum, Idaho, with 30 years in agriculture, real estate, mortgage, finance, computer applications and development and mining. Current and past positions include Chairman of the Board, Board Member, President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, National and Regional Sales Manager for private and public companies. Founding his first company in Cost Rica at age 21, he grew the company to include, agribusiness (cattle, cacao, spices, timber), artisanal mining for precious metals, grocery and hardware sales, communications, construction, trucking, tourism and film services. Worked in all facets of the mortgage industry including correspondent, wholesale and retail mortgage origination, operations and management. Recruited and/or managed in excess of 1,000 other finance professionals for private and public companies, state and nationally chartered banks, as well as foreign banks. Emphasis in building start-ups and positioning companies for subsequent sale or public offering. Qualified Person in Charge for operational and sales offices for seven (7) employers spanning 23+ years and approximately $ 10 billion in total residential and commercial mortgage fundings. Honors include one of “The 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals” In the United States from the National Mortgage Professional Magazine. Financial Applications ‘fineapps’ developer for wealth management, banking and other financial services for handheld devices producing high-quality lead generation and legacy systems replacement for the mortgage industry. Mining industry advisor involved in ‘clean’ mining exploration, development and finance; due diligence investigations, financial and structural valuation and analysis, business development and marketing analysis and other consulting and advisory work and services necessary to bring mining properties into production. Participated in numerous capital raises from the aggregation of data and preparation of business plans, financial forecasts and pitch pieces, performing several hundred presentations to investment banks and high net worth individuals from the US, Australia, the UK and Switzerland. He manages a retail branch mortgage operation for Finance of America Mortgage LLC in Ketchum, Idaho, originating residential and commercial mortgages and portfolios of mortgages. Currently owns with his wife Lucia, a financial services firm supporting such diverse business segments as non-profits, for profits, individuals and quasi-governmental institutions, providing financial guidance, bookkeeping and payroll services, web and print services, board and governance support and other essential business services. Other interests include the arts, with 11 feature length documentary film credits as writer, producer and director, and in excess of 10,000 photographs in print in national and international publications. Currently serves as Vice-President of the Board of Directors for The Sun Valley Ballet Foundation, Inc. (a non-profit 501c(3) organization) developing a world class performing arts organization to benefit the greater Wood River Valley. He has a BFA in Fine Arts from United States International University and professional developmental classes in business, finance, horticulture, mining and other disciplines. Fluent in Spanish and past fluency in French.
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About AppliedApps, Inc., Schieffelin and Gird, Inc., Taloa, Inc.: The self sovereign collection of data and documents by the consumer with mortgage delivery via distributed ledger, NFT and smart contracts.
Thomas Anderson
President & Chairman of the Board of DrawBridge Lending
Thomas Anderson is the MD Business Development – Prime Services at Galaxy Digital.
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About DrawBridge Lending: DrawBridge offers a lending loans with no margin calls backed by Bitcoin holdings.
Michael Gebert
Chairman of European Blockchain Association
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About Crowd Mentor Network, European Blockchain Association: European Blockchain Association focuses on blockchain-related activities such as startups, venture capitalists, and scientific institutes.
Brad Chun
Founder & Chairman of Mooti
Brad Chun is Founder & CEO of Mooti Digital Identity, a blockchain startup with self-sovereign digital identity platform, utilizing advanced, patent pending cryptography. He is also Founder of Butterkiss, an international blockchain consulting company. Brad is the founder and CIO of ShuttleFund, a digital asset hedge fund. Brad has been active in the blockchain and digital currency space since 2010, and brings both a strong technology and Fintech background into these emerging technologies. From 2003 to 2010, Brad has had key roles in asset management, trading, settlement, and risk management at GE Capital, Deutsche Bank, and Reservoir Capital. Brad started his career as a technologist in 1997 working with multiple start-ups in Honolulu, Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. Brad earned his B.S. from Boston College in 2002 with concentrations in Computer Science, Finance, and Strategic Operations Management. He received his M.S. Finance from Pace University in 2010.
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About Mooti: Mooti, a identity and blockchain startup, is disrupting the $200B+ by providing a self-sovereign identity and blockchain code base
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