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Paul Ricci

Title: CEO Company: Best Egg

Paul joined Best Egg as its founding Chief Financial Officer in 2014 and served twice in that role before being named CEO in 2023. He helped grow the Delaware-based lender into a major employer and in late 2025 helped secure its US $ 800m sale to Barclays.

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Eric Demuth

Title: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Company: Bitpanda

Eric worked as a ship mechanic before studying economics and co-founding Bitpanda with Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer in 2014, frustrated by how hard it was to buy and sell digital currencies. He led the company as Co-CEO for more than a decade before becoming Executive Chairman in 2025.

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