Paolo Ardoino

$9.55B
as of 11/10/25

About Paolo Ardoino

Paolo Ardoino is CEO of crypto firm Tether.

Ardoino worked as a computer programmer before joining Tether's sister company, Bitfinex, as a senior software developer in 2014.

The biggest issuer of crypto stablecoins, Tether generated $6.2 billion in profit in 2023 from the interest it generates on customers' collateral.

Ardoino owns an estimated 20% stake in the business.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Italy

Source of wealth

Cryptocurrency

Self-made

self-made

Paolo Ardoino’s fortune is worth

159K

troy ounces of gold

147K

median U.S. household

95K

median U.S. income

0.191%

U.S. credit card volume

0.038%

GDP of the United States

0.028%

United States debt

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