Olympus is run as a [DAO](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-dao), meaning its governed by its community in a fully decentralized manner through smart contracts. The protocol was founded by a group of anonymous accounts going by the names of “Zeus,” “Apollo,” “Unbanksy,” and “Wartul.”
According to GitHub, the main code contributors have been “Zeus” and Jeff Extor. Zeus is rumored to be a teenager, captivating the community with his charismatic personality. Olympus did have a couple of private backers before the initial launch, such as Zee Prime Capital, Nascent, D64 Ventures, Maven11 Capital, and a few unnamed individuals.