Eric Gravengaard is an American Entrepreneur in the Cryptocurrency space known for founding Athena Bitcoin, a Bitcoin ATM that allows people to exchange sovereign currency and cryptocurrencies.

^[1] He is now the Chief executive officer of Athena Blockchain, an investment firm dedicated to financial and advisory services across a full range of transactions.

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Gravengaard was born and raised in the state of Connecticut, a place where he has lived for most of his life.

He grew up in the city of Greenwich.

^{[0] [-1]} He is an alum of Greenwich High School.

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Gravengaard committed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology while in high school and graduated in 1996.

^[1] He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical engineering, Economics, and Management science.

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In the early 2000s, Gravengaard attended University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, a graduate school.

^[1] He received his MBA in Analytic Finance and Economics.

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In the early 2000s, Gravengaard worked as a Software engineer in P2P Commerce for one year.

^[1] He also worked as the Product Manager for Reactivity, INC which was later sold to Cisco Systems.

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He also worked for the following companies: Artis Capital Management, Matlock Capital, Spot trading LLC, and Chicago Trading Company, RII Trading/ Rock Capital Markets, and Zen trading FX.

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In the early 2010s, after going from job to job, Eric entered the crypto space.

^[0]He decided to quit his job, and while he discovered digital currency, people kept telling him it was fake money.He

decided to buy his first thousand of dollars Bitcoin and the rest became history. ^[12]

He founded Athena Bitcoin, a Bitcoin ATM machine found in different places across the world such as Europe, South America, and Asia.Athena

Bitcoin offers easy and convenient ways to convert between sovereign currency and cryptocurrency. ^[12] [17]

Gravengaard is also the Chief executive officer of Athena Blockchain, a Cryptocurrency investment firm with financial and advisory services across a full range of transactions.

He founded the company with Andrew Hinkes.

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Gravengaard lives in Chicago with his family and three kids.

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