Jean-Louis van der Velde
$3.9B
as of 07/05/24
About Jean-Louis van der Velde
JL van der Velde is the former CEO of crypto firm Tether and the CEO of its sister company, Bitfinex.
Van der Velde left the Netherlands in 1985 to attend university in Taiwan, and subsequently cofounded several IT and tech startups in Asia prior to joining Tether.
The biggest issuer of crypto stablecoins, Tether generated $6.2 billion in profit in 2023 from the interest it generates on customers' collateral.
He owns an estimated 20% of the business.
Personal stats
Citizenship
NetherlandsSource of wealth
CryptocurrencyResidence
Hong KongSelf-made
self-madeJean-Louis van der Velde’s fortune is worth
65K
troy ounces of gold
60K
median U.S. household
39K
median U.S. income
0.078%
U.S. credit card volume
0.016%
GDP of the United States
0.011%
United States debt
Net worth over time
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