{{Short description|Coinbase CEO and cryptocurrency billionaire}}
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|name         = Brian Armstrong
|image        = Brian Armstrong - TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 01.jpg
|alt          = Armstrong in 2017
|caption      = Armstrong in 2018
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|birth_place  = [[San Jose, California]], U.S.
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|education    = [[Bellarmine College Preparatory]] (HS Diploma), [[Rice University]] (BA, MS)
|occupation   = Chairman and CEO, [[Coinbase]]
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'''Brian Armstrong''' (born January 25, 1983) is an American business executive, billionaire,<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Brian Armstrong |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-armstrong/?sh=320e2385077c |work=Forbes |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref> and investor who is CEO of [[cryptocurrency]] platform [[Coinbase]].<ref name=azcoin1/> He received media attention for his policy of keeping the workplace free of [[Activism|political activism]].<ref name="cnbc1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/30/coinbase-ceo-offers-severance-to-employees-leaving-over-politics.html |title=Coinbase CEO discourages politics at work, offers generous severance to employees who want to quit |publisher=CNBC |date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|url=  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/business/dealbook/coinbase-social-activism.html |title=Taking a Stand Against Social Stances |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Armstrong was born on January 25, 1983, near [[San Jose, California]]; both of his parents were engineers.<ref name=forbes2>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/02/19/coinbase-billionaire-brian-armstrongs-plan-to-make-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-safe-for-all/#6b85aa39345b |title=Bitcoin's Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong's Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All |website=[[Forbes]] |date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> During his years in high school, he attended [[Bellarmine College Preparatory]], a [[Catholic]], all-male, private secondary school.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} Armstrong attended [[Rice University]] in Texas, and earned a dual bachelor's degree in economics and computer science in 2005, followed by a master's in computer science in 2006.<ref name=forbes2/> While at Rice, he started a business matching tutors to students, and after graduating, spent a year in [[Buenos Aires]] while working for an education company.

== Career ==
[[File:Cryptocurrency Cachet (38552330941).jpg|thumb|left|Brian Armstrong (center)]]
Armstrong's early career included working as a developer for [[IBM]] and a consultant at [[Deloitte]]. In 2010, he came across the [[Bitcoin]] white paper published under the alias [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].<ref name=forbes2/> In 2011, he joined [[Airbnb]] as a software engineer and was exposed to payment systems in the 190 countries Airbnb operated in at the time.<ref name=techcrunch1>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/16/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-to-talk-the-future-of-cryptocurrency-at-disrupt-sf/ |title=Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to talk the future of cryptocurrency at Disrupt SF |publisher=[[TechCrunch]] |date=May 16, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> While at Airbnb, he saw the difficulties of sending money to South America.<ref name=forbes2/> He began working weekends and nights to write code in Ruby and [[JavaScript]] to buy and store cryptocoins. In 2012, he entered the [[Y Combinator]] startup accelerator and received a $150,000 investment, which he used to fund Coinbase.<ref name=forbes2/><ref name=ft1/>

His post on [[Hacker News]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3754664|title=Looking for Co-Founder |publisher=[[Hacker News]] |date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> looking for a co-founder to get into the Y Combinator program later became a viral post in Hacker News. He eventually met his co-founder [[Fred Ehrsam]] on a Reddit subgroup<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/how-coinbases-founder-turned-an-idea-that-looked-like-a-scam-into-an-86-billion-company-e2759f1c907c|title=Coinbase Story |publisher=entrepreneurshandbook.co |date=May 16, 2021}}</ref> and is quoted to have done over fifty meetings to find a perfect co-founder.

===Coinbase===
{{main|Coinbase}}

In 2012, Armstrong and [[Fred Ehrsam]] co-founded Coinbase, as a way for cryptocurrency enthusiasts to trade bitcoins and other digital currencies.<ref name=observer1/> Armstrong was its first CEO.<ref name=observer1/> Coinbase's first wallet iteration was called "Toshi", named after Satoshi Nakamoto, which in turn is also the name of one of Brian Armstrong's cats.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wallet.coinbase.com/terms-of-service | title=Terms of Service &#124; Coinbase Wallet }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPEZByXbS0 | title=Coinbase CEO Named Cat After Satoshi #shorts | website=[[YouTube]] | date=30 October 2022 }}</ref> A 2018 funding round valued the company at $8.1 billion, and in December 2020, the company filed with the SEC to go public through a [[direct listing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/30/cryptocurrency-start-up-coinbase-valued-at-8-billion-despite-bitcoins-plunge.html |title=Cryptocurrency start-up Coinbase valued at $8 billion despite bitcoin's plunge |publisher=CNBC |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/02/19/coinbase-billionaire-brian-armstrongs-plan-to-make-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-safe-for-all/ |title=Bitcoin's Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong's Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All. In 2021 Coinbase is building a IT support center in India so they can make customer service even worse than it currently is.|website=Forbes |date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/coinbase-reveals-direct-listing-application-with-sec/articleshow/81211738.cms|title=Coinbase reveals direct listing application with SEC|website=[[The Economic Times]] |date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> Following a direct listing in April 2021, Coinbase's market capitalization rose to $85B,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/coinbase-shares-surge-in-trading-debut-11618421619 |title=Coinbase Fetches $85 Billion Valuation in Market Debut |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=14 April 2021 |author=Paul Vigna}}</ref> and according to Forbes, {{As of|2022|5|lc=yes}}, Armstrong has a net worth of $2.4 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-armstrong/ |title=Forbes Profile |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513031902/https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-armstrong/ |archive-date=13 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Book/Documentary===
Armstrong appeared in the 2014 American documentary ''[[The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.charlottestories.com/bitcoin-documentary-must-watch-you-should-know-about-it/ |title=Bitcoin documentary must watch, You Should Know About It |website=Charlotte Stories |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

He was featured in the 2020 nonfiction book ''Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jeff |title=Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street |date=December 15, 2020 |publisher=Harvard Business Review Press |pages=188 |access-date= }}</ref>

Armstrong and Coinbase were the subject of the documentary ''[[COIN: A Founder's Story]]'', directed by Emmy-winner Greg Kohs.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.axios.com/2022/10/07/a-new-doc-about-the-first-crypto-company-to-ipo |title=TA new doc about the first crypto company to IPO|website=Axios |date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/filmmaker-seeks-to-capture-the-soul/ |title=Filmmaker seeks to capture the soul|website=Notre Dame Magazine |date=April 1, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref>

===ResearchHub===
Armstrong self-funded and founded the scientific research site ResearchHub, modeled on the [[GitHub]] code repository, as a way of making research papers available to the public.<ref name=ft1>{{cite news|url=  https://www.ft.com/content/1077a75f-947f-4aab-ab28-46b6c3b5b52d  |title=Coinbase founder rides crypto boom to Nasdaq listing |website=[[Financial Times]] |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2021|last1=Kruppa |first1=Miles }}</ref>

===NewLimit===
Armstrong co-founded NewLimit to increase human health span by targeting the biology of aging. NewLimit's primary research focus is [[epigenetic reprogramming]]. In May 2023, the company raised $40 million in a Series A investment round.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://fortune.com/well/2023/05/19/reverse-aging-brian-armstrong-newlimit-coinbase-epigenetics/ |title=How the science behind reverse-aging could theoretically work, as Coinbase founder raises $40 million in a bid to make it reality|website=Fortune|date=May 19, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>

== Political views ==
Armstrong wrote a blog post <ref>{{cite web|url= https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804?gi=bab73623857f |title=Coinbase Is A Mission Focused Company}}</ref> in September 2020 calling Coinbase a "Mission Focused Company", discouraging employee activism and discussion of political and social issues at work.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.fastcompany.com/90562207/can-a-company-really-be-apolitical-in-2020 |title=Can a company really be 'apolitical' in 2020? |website=[[Fast Company]] |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref><ref name=nytimes1/> He offered severance packages for Coinbase employees uncomfortable with this policy;<ref name=cnbc1/> as a result, sixty employees (amounting to 5% of the company) left [[Coinbase]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/|website=Forbes|title=60 Employees Leave Coinbase Over CEO's Pledge To Be Apolitical }}</ref> Prior to this, Armstrong supported the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement and tweeted when [[George Floyd]] was murdered: "I've decided to speak up. It's a shame that this even needs to be said in this day and age, but racism, police brutality, and unequal justice are unequivocally wrong, and we need to all work to eliminate them from society."<ref name=cnbc1/>

In July 2023 he met with House Democrats, specifically the [[New Democrat Coalition]], in a closed-door session that reportedly focused on digital-asset legislation. Armstrong according to ''Bloomberg'' had "led a campaign in Washington to create clearer rules around digital assets."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kendall|first1=Tyler |date=17 July 2023 |title=Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Set to Meet With House Democrats |website=bloomberglaw|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-set-to-meet-with-house-democrats|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 2017, at age 34, Armstrong was ranked #10 on ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''{{'s}} 40 under 40 list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2017/brian-armstrong/ |title=40 Under 40 |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=2017 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, Armstrong was named to [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine's]] [[100 Next]] list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://time.com/collection/time-100-next-2019/5718861/brian-armstrong/ |title=Brian Armstrong |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=2019 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

In 2021, ''Forbes'' named Armstrong #1 on its Crypto Rich List, with an estimated net worth of $6.5 billion as of February 2021.<ref name=forbes1>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-armstrong/ |title=Brian Armstrong|website=Forbes |date=|access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> He was also listed 60th on the [[Forbes]] 400 list of the richest people in America.<ref name="forbes400">{{cite web| url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400| title=Forbes 400 list| website=Forbes| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220111043046/https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/|url-status = live| archive-date = 11 January 2022}}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
In 2018, Armstrong was the first cryptocurrency executive to sign [[the Giving Pledge]], when he pledged to give away the bulk of his wealth to philanthropic causes.<ref name=observer1>{{cite web|url=  https://observer.com/2018/12/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-wealth-charity-donations/ |title=Newly Minted Billionaire Coinbase CEO Is Already Tired of His Wealth |website=[[The New York Observer|Observer]]| date=December 26, 2018 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> He also set up a philanthropic effort called GiveCrypto.org, to allow people to make public or anonymous donations to help others living in poverty.<ref name=observer1/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.brianarmstrong.org/}}

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| Имя              = Брайан Армстронг
| Оригинал имени   = Brian Armstrong
| Фото             = Brian Armstrong - TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 01.jpg
| Подпись          = Брайан Армстронг в 2018 году
| Имя при рождении = Brian Armstrong
| Дата рождения    = 25.01.1983
| Место рождения   = Сан-Хосе, Калифорния, США
| Гражданство      = США
| Род деятельности = Предприниматель, генеральный директор
| Образование      = Bellarmine College Preparatory, Университет Райса
| Состояние        = $7.43 млрд (по состоянию на 8 октября 2024 года)
| Компания 1       = Coinbase
| Должность 1      = Сооснователь и генеральный директор
| Компания 2       = ResearchHub
| Должность 2      = Основатель
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'''Брайан Армстронг''' (род. 25 января 1983 года) — американский предприниматель и миллиардер. Он наиболее известен как сооснователь и генеральный директор криптовалютной платформы [[Coinbase]]. По состоянию на 8 октября 2024 года его состояние оценивается в $7.43 млрд. Большая часть его капитала связана с владением акциями [[Coinbase]]<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=Ведомости|title=Как Брайан Армстронг создал самую большую в США криптобиржу|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/articles/2021/03/22/862638-braian-armstrong}}</ref>.

== Биография ==
Брайан Армстронг вырос в [[Сан-Хосе (Калифорния)|Сан-Хосе]], штат [[Калифорния]]<ref>{{Cite web|lang=ru-RU|url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/426607-bolshinstvo-lyudey-schitali-blokcheyn-sumasshestviem-kak-kriptovalyutnaya-birzha|title=«Большинство людей считали блокчейн сумасшествием»: как криптовалютная биржа Coinbase получила признание традиционных инвесторов|website=Forbes.ru|access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>. Он получил образование в области экономики и компьютерных наук в [[Университет Райса|Университете Райса]], который закончил в 2005 году. В университете он создал онлайн-каталог для репетиторов Universitytutor.com и занимал должность генерального директора до 2012 года<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|first=Tim|last=Ferriss|date=2022-10-10|website=The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss|title=The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase|url=https://tim.blog/2022/10/10/brian-armstrong-transcript/}}</ref>.

После получения степени Армстронг работал консультантом по управлению рисками в [[Deloitte & Touche]]. В 2011 году он присоединился к команде [[Airbnb]] как инженер-программист<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|date=2023-03-18|website=CoinGenius|title=Брайан Армстронг: генеральный директор Coinbase, возглавляющий внедрение криптовалюты - Plato Data Intelligence|url=https://coingenius.news/ru/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3,-%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80-Coinbase,-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8B/}}</ref>. 

В 2012 году он основал компанию [[Coinbase]] вместе с Фредом Эрсамом, изначально управляя бизнесом из двухкомнатной квартиры в [[Сан-Франциско]]<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=The Independent|title=Photo of Coinbase’s 2012 founding in a San Francisco apartment goes viral as shares hit $112bn|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coinbase-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-shares-apartment-b1831594.html}}</ref>. В 2013 году Coinbase получила 25 млн долларов в раунде финансирования под руководством Andreessen Horowitz<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=Business Insider|title=Bitcoin Startup Coinbase Gets $25 Million In Funding From The Most Influential Venture Firm In Silicon Valley|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coinbase-gets-25-million-in-funding-2013-12}}</ref>. В 2021 году Coinbase вышла на биржу Nasdaq<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=РБК Крипто|title=Coinbase станет первой публичной криптобиржей. Как на этом заработать :: РБК.Крипто|url=https://www.rbc.ru/crypto/news/607087969a794734f5d64521}}</ref>. В 2023 году [[Комиссия по ценным бумагам и биржам|SEC]] предъявила иск Coinbase, обвиняя её в нелегальной деятельности на бирже<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=РБК Крипто|title=SEC подала иск к криптобирже Coinbase :: РБК.Крипто|url=https://www.rbc.ru/crypto/news/647f22e49a794729fc33eb8f}}</ref>.

== Coinbase ==
{{main|Coinbase}}
Компания была создана как платформа для торговли криптовалютами, предоставляя пользователям простой и безопасный способ покупки, продажи и хранения цифровых активов<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|date=2021-04-12|website=Т⁠—⁠Ж|title=Coinbase — американская платформа для обмена криптовалют|url=https://journal.tinkoff.ru/news/review-dpo-coinbase/}}</ref>. Coinbase предлагает пользователям возможность торговать не только биткойном, но и другими криптовалютами, такими как [[Ethereum]] и [[Litecoin]]. К 2023 году компания управляла активами на сумму около 330 млрд долларов и обеспечила общий объём торгов в миллиарды долларов<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:98d5dd064094b:0-coinbase-prime-chosen-by-us-marshals/|title=Coinbase Prime Chosen by US Marshals|website=TradingView|access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>.  

== Личная жизнь ==
Армстронг увлекается изучением новых технологий и активно поддерживает научные инициативы. Он основал платформу ResearchHub, предназначенную для содействия открытому научному обмену и распространению исследований, что отражает его интерес к науке и образованию<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://blog.researchhub.foundation/|title=ResearchHub Foundation Blog|website=ResearchHub Foundation Blog|access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>. Армстронг принимает участие в благотворительных инициативах и является подписантом «The Giving Pledge»<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=2024-10-08|website=Bloomberg.com|title=Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong Removed From Giving Pledge|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-22/coinbase-billionaire-brian-armstrong-removed-from-giving-pledge}}</ref>, обязуясь жертвовать часть своего состояния на социальные и благотворительные нужды.

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