Brian Armstrong Net Worth

Brian Armstrong is an American technology executive with a net worth of $9 billion. He is the co-founder of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in the United States. Armstrong was born on January 24, 1983 in San Jose, California and has since become one of the wealthiest people in the world.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? CEO of Coinbase
Birth Day January 25, 1983
Age 41 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Net Worth: $9 Billion
Salary: $1 Million
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, U.S.

💰 Net worth: $2.2 Billion (2024)

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Brian Armstrong is an American technology executive who has a net worth of $9 billion. Brian Armstrong earned his fortune as the co-founder of Coinbase. Coinbase is the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in the United States.

Brian Armstrong was born on January 24, 1983 in San Jose, California. His parents are both engineers. Brian attended Rice University in Texas where he earned a Bachelor's degree in computer science and economics. He then followed with a master's degree in computer science, graduating in 2006.

One of his first jobs after school was working as a developer at IBM. He also spent some time working as a consultant at Deloitte.

In 2011 he joined Airbnb. During his one year at Airbnb he worked on the company's global payment processing systems.

At some point, Brian came across the original Bitcoin whitepaper authored by Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. He immediately began mining his own personal coins. He soon had a larger revelation that the world needed an easier way to buy and sell digital currency. At the time, he described buying and selling Bitcoin as "unusable" to the average person.

In 2012 Brian used $150,000 in startup capital from Y Combinator to found a company he named Coinbase. He technically co-founded Coinbase with Fred Ehrsam who served as company President to Armstrong's CEO. The two originally met in the Bitcoin subreddit.

In 2013 Coinbase raised $25 million in a Series B funding round that included Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and QueensBridge Venture Partners (which was co-founded by rapper Nas). The Series B round valued Coinbase at $143 million. At the time the price of a single Bitcoin was $130.

Fast forward to 2018 and the company was valued at $8.1 billion.

Immediately before going public in April 2021, Coinbase's private valuation was $65 billion. At the time, a single Bitcoin sold for $63,000.

Coinbase debuted on the NASDAQ in the afternoon of April 14, 2021. A day before the expected price per share was $250. Coinbase ended up debuting at $381. At that level the company's market cap was $100 billion, giving Brian Armstrong a net worth of $20 million which was enough to make him one of the 100 richest people in the world. In the days that followed, his net worth dropped to $13 billion.

Armstrong owns 20% of of Coinbase, roughly 39.6 million shares.

According to the company's IPO filings, Armstrong earned $59.5 million in total compensation in 2020. His base salary is $1 million.

In 2018 Brian signed The Giving Pledge, indicating his intention to donate the majority of his fortune to charity during his lifetime or at his death. He subsequently founded GiveCrypto.org, a platform that aims to make it easier for people to make crypto donations.