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Emilie Choi
President & COO Coinbase
Emilie Choi joined Coinbase in early 2018 as the vice president of business and data before moving up the ranks to become President and Chief Operating Officer . She helped build the exchange alongside founder and CEO , Brian Armstrong .
Choi is also a keen angel investor and has taken part in several seed , Series A , and Series B funding rounds for a number of successful fintechs .
Prior to joining Coinbase , Choi held senior executive roles at Warner Bros , Yahoo and Naspers . While serving as LinkedIn ’ s Vice President of Corporate Development , Choi oversaw more than 40 transactions – including the acquisitions of Lynda , Bright , Newsle , Connectifier , Slideshare , and Fliptop , as well as LinkedIn ’ s JV in China and strategic investments in Cornerstone On Demand and G2 Crowd .
The dynamic leader has helped steer the company through four crypto winters and Coinbase ’ s recent round of redundancies . In relation to the fluctuations in cryptocurrency , though , the leadership team is looking beyond the current economic cycle and says that , despite the recent downturn , the company continues to be strong .
Speaking at Coinbase ’ s public listing in 2021 , when the company was valued at US $ 86bn , Choi told reporters : “ I want everybody to be in this for the long term . Crypto , as you know , has cycles . I want us to think about things much in the way Amazon did . Nothing matters right now day to day .” Coinbase ’ s latest valuation is US $ 14bn . In August 2022 , she was appointed to the board of directors for independent identity provider Okta .
Choi holds a BA in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and an M . B . A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania .
“ I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE IN
THIS FOR THE LONG TERM . CRYPTO , AS YOU KNOW , HAS CYCLES . I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THINGS MUCH IN THE WAY AMAZON DID . NOTHING MATTERS
RIGHT NOW DAY TO DAY ”
June 2023 | fintechmagazine . com 47