About

Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investor, rower, entrepreneur, and founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. He competed in the men’s pair rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Cameron Winklevoss. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with his brother Cameron and a Harvard classmate of theirs, Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the much more popular social networking service site Facebook.

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  • Known for:

    Gemini

  • Born:

    Aug 21st, 1981

  • Nationality:

    American

  • Location:

    New York, NY, United States

  • Education:

    Harvard University, B.A., Economics - 2000-2004
    University of Oxford, MBA - 2009-2010

  • World wealth rank:

    2070

  • Net worth:

    $1.4 B

  • Other Projects:

    Gemini - CEO & Co-Founder
    Winklevoss Capital - Principal
    USRowing - Olympian - 2006-2011
    ConnectU.com - Co-Founder - 2003-2008

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