Jihan Wu is a co-founder of Bitmain, and a prominent supporter of Bitcoin Cash.
Jihan Wu is a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur. Together with Micree Zhan, he co-founded Bitmain in 2013, which has become the world’s largest computer chip company for bitcoin mining, with US$2.5 billion in revenue in 2017. He is a major supporter of Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of bitcoin created in 2017 with increased transaction capacity.
Bitmain
Wed, Jan 1st, 1986
Chinese
Beijing, China
Chongqing Nankai Secondary School
Peking University, Economics and Psychology (2005-2009)
Bitmain - Co-Founder
Matrixport - Founder
Private equity firm - Financial analyst
Babite - Co-Founder
Kaomao - Investor, (2012)
Only four entrepreneurs who made their fortunes in crypto were included in the list of 2,095 billionaires revealed by Forbes this year. The richest man in crypto is Bitmain co-founder Micree Zhan, who appears at No. 690 on the list with a net worth of $3.3 billion.
Though Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing its worst sell-off in the last 7 years, the smart money is preparing for a golden bull run after the next halving that is said to happen in 43 days.
As a result of the decisions taken by the Chinese courts, Bitmain now has more than $1 million worth of assets frozen.
Bitmain Chairman and CEO Jihan Wu has announced a few interesting changes to Bitmain’s client sales strategies aimed at fixing its receding market dominance.
Bitmain has reportedly filed with the SEC as it intends to go public in the U.S. At the moment, there aren’t specific details about the filing.