Category: People Profiles
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IShowSpeed Crypto Scam Allegations Explained!
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Darren Watkins Jr., also known as IShowSpeed, is a popular YouTuber who has come under a lot of scrutiny in the last few weeks. Things worsened when he found himself in the middle of an alleged crypto scam. He was promoting Paradox.coin, a crypto scheme. He was giving away PlayStation…
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FinTech Yokoy Brings In The Chief Revenue Officer From Asana!
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Swiss expense management startup Yokoy is expanding its leadership, bringing Simon O’Kane into the company. In spring, Yokoy had raised $80 million for further growth, including from prominent backer Sequoia.
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Meet The Italian Founder Antonio Grasso
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Antonio Grasso (LinkedIn) is the founder and CEO of the Italian startup Digital Business Innovation Srl and is considered one of the most influential digital transformation experts in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital transformation, the Internet of Things and blockchain. Born and raised in southern Italy, he began his career as…
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Introducing Entrepreneur Bradley Leimer!
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Bradley Leimer is co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, a company that connects founders with funders, mentors entrepreneurs, advises companies, and expands diversity opportunities in the ecosystem.
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Introducing FinTech Influencer Of The Year Madame Moneypenny
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Natascha Wegelin (Twitter) a/k/a Madame Moneypenny is a German blogger, author and entrepreneur. When Natascha couldn’t find a job after her business studies, she founded her first company, the portal wg-suche.de, with a fellow student at age 26. She sold part of this company to ImmobilienScout24 in April 2017.
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Introducing the “Bill Gates Of The Alps” Daniel Mattes!
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Daniel Mattes, the “Bill Gates of the Alps”, is an Austrian serial entrepreneur and business angel active in Austria, Germany, and the USA. Matthes was a member of the investor panel in the first season of 2 Minutes 2 Million. He made e spectacular exit in 2009 with his company…
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Introducing The Australian Crypto King Fred Schebesta!
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The Australien Fred Schebesta (LinkedIn) has been called the country’s Crypto King. He is the founder of financial comparison site Finder.com and the crypto broker HiveEX. In August 2020 Schebesta sold HiveEx to FTX for $300.000. Schebesta is also Finder Earn also massively involved in the Crypto segment. The Finder…
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Genius, Guru, Hobbit, Or Fraudster? Who Is Sam Bankman-Fried?
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On many pictures, Sam Bankman-Fried aka SBF looks like the Hobbit Samwise, aka Sam from the movie The Lord of The Rings. SBF has lost ten billion dollars or 94% of his wealth in just 24 hours, when his crypto exchange FTX crashed. A record. Never before has a billionaire…
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Introducing Short-Seller Fraser Perring!
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He is certainly not a buddy of managers of listed companies. Fraser Perring (Twitter) is a notorious short seller who repeatedly launches short-selling attacks against companies. He is one of the people behind Viceroy Research LLC, an investigative financial research group registered in Delaware, USA. Perring uses Twitter as a…
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Meet Diana Dumitrescu, An Important Female Figure In The FinTech Scene.
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She has an impressive CV. She is indeed a fintech woman with a track record. Diana Dumitrescu is the CEO of InnovX, an accelerator built on innovation, hard work, collaboration, ethics, and sustainability. Diana is a Doctor of Philosophy in European financial instruments.