Joe Lau
$1.53B
as of 10/04/24
About Joe Lau
Joe Lau cofounded Alchemy, whose software powers thousands of blockchain-based Web3 companies.
Alchemy, founded in 2020, was valued by private investors at $10.2 billion in February; Lau owns an estimated 26% stake.
Forbes estimates that Alchemy is now worth around $6 billion as the valuations of private tech companies have generally fallen from their peaks in early 2022.
In December 2021, the company announced the launch of Alchemy Ventures, which invests in current clients with the goal of bootstrapping the industry.
Lau and cofounder Nikil Viswanathan, both Stanford grads, found initial success with meetup app Down to Lunch, briefly topping the Apple Store charts.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Blockchain, technologyResidence
Stanford, CaliforniaMarital status
SingleBirth date
07/01/89 (age 35)Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford; Master of Arts/Science, StanfordSelf-made
self-madeJoe Lau’s fortune is worth
26K
troy ounces of gold
24K
median U.S. household
15K
median U.S. income
0.031%
U.S. credit card volume
0.006%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Alchemy's team consists of engineers from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Pinterest, some of them college friends of Viswanathan and Lau.
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