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Tyler Winklevoss
CEO of :
Gemini Company valuation : $ 5bn
Tyler Winklevoss launched Gemini in 2014 with his twin brother Cameron . The company was one of the earliest cryptocurrency exchange platforms . Gemini was initially financed by the brothers , who were early Bitcoin investors , after they sued their Harvard classmate , Mark Zuckerberg , for stealing their idea for Facebook .
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Kristo Käärmann
CEO of :
Wise Company valuation : $ 5bn
Estonian native Käärmann first launched Wise ( formerly known as TransferWise ) in 2010 . The company , which provides online international money transfers at massively reduced fees , expanded swiftly and grew by 70 % in 2020 with a reported 10 million customers . Käärmann reportedly started the company because he was tired of being charged extortionate fees by banks to transfer his funds .