Christine Todd Whitman is a well-known American politician and author. She was the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003, she was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush.
Hester Peirce (Full Name: Hester Maria Peirce) is a popular American lawyer who has worked as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since January 11, 2018. Before, Hester worked as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. She was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2017 to replace a Republican vacancy in the SEC. Hester was sworn in on January 11, 2018, for a term ending in 2020, and her second term expires in 2025. She is a retired staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and of the SEC.
Vitalik Buterin is a well-known Russian-Canadian computer programmer. He is a co-founder of Ethereum. He was involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception and co-founded Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. In addition, he began the Ethereum blockchain with Dimitry Buterin, Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin in 2014.
Andre Cronje is a well-known South African software developer and entrepreneur. He has been working as director of Fantom Foundation since November 2022. Before, he was a DeFi Architect at Ethereum from January 2020 to February 2022. Cronje has also worked on several other cryptocurrency and DeFi projects, including Keep3r Network, Deriswap, and Cream Finance. In addition, he created the Yearn Finance protocol.
Changpeng Zhao commonly known as CZ, is a popular Chinese-born Canadian businessman, investor, and software engineer who is the co-founder and CEO of Binance, the globe’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume as of July 2022. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Changpeng was ranked the 136th-wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $13.1 billion as of December 2022.
Jacob Helberg ( Full Name: Jacob Samuel Helberg) is a prominent political philanthropist, national security author, and previous technology policy advisor. As of now, he has works as a commissioner for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission since joining in February 2023.
Vinod Khosla is a popular Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. He made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas including networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. Vinod is considered one of the most successful and influential venture capitalists. In 2014, Forbes counted Vinod among the 400 wealthiest people in the United States. In 2021, Vinod was ranked 92nd on the Forbes 400 list.
Silvana Konermann is a well-known Swiss-American biochemist. Her research is on CRISPR, Cas9, and their use in genome editing. Konermann is also an assistant professor of biochemistry at Stanford University, as well as the Director and co-founder of the Arc Institute in Palo Alto. In addition, the institute operates in collaboration with Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco.
Patrick Collison is a popular Irish billionaire entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he began with his younger brother, John Collison, in 2010. He received the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. In 2020, Patrick founded Fast Grants to accelerate COVID-19-related science alongside Tyler Cowen. Patrick entered the 40th Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with his project on artificial intelligence (nicknamed ‘Isaac’ following Isaac Newton, whom he admired), completing as individual runner-up.
John Collison is a well-known Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and President of Stripe formed in 2010 with his brother Patrick. In 2016, he became the youngest self-made billionaire. The firm Stripe raised an $850 million funding round with a valuation of $36 billion in April 2020. As of 2023, Forbes stated his net worth as $5.5 billion.
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