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Olaf Carlson-Wee

Olaf Carlson-Wee

Olaf Carlson-Wee is anAmerican cryptocurrency technology entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco, California. He is best known as Coinbase's first employee. Olaf is the founder of Polychain Capital. [2] [3] [5]

Biography

Early Life

Olaf Carlson-Wee was born and raised in the state of Minnesota, where he grew up near the border of Fargo, North Dakota.

Education

secondary school, Olaf went to Vassar College where he graduated with a Bachelor's certificate in Sociology.

Close to the last end of his scholastic profession he worked on his senior distinctions proposal dependent on Bitcoin.

At that point, in 2011/2012, not a great deal of examination was done in scholarly community encompassing digital money and Bitcoin.

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Career

Olaf has garnered the attention of Silicon Valley and beyond as an entrepreneur for his expertise and insight into the field of blockchain technologies and the cryptocurrency world.

Coinbase

After he graduated from Vassar College, his thesis caught the eye of several people, and he went on to join the co-founders of Coinbase as the Head of Risk and Product Manager for several years. He was the first Coinbase employee. [5]

Polychain

In July 2016, Olaf set off to start his own hedge fund to manage -Blockchain based Cryptocurrency technologies. The fund received more than $200 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures, Alexander Pack, Pantera Capital, and Union Square Ventures, among others. [3]

Personal Life

The estimated net worth of Carlson-Wee stands at about $60,000,000 according to a profile feature on Fortune in December 2019. [23]

See also

References

[1]
Citation Linkangel.coHis AngelListprofile
Aug 18, 2017, 11:21 PM
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Citation Linklinkedin.comThe LinkedInof Olaf Carlson Wee.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:20 PM
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Citation Linkforbes.comArticle about Olaf Carlson Wee.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:21 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Olaf Carlson-Wee: Polychain Capital and the Rise of Protocol Tokens (Episode 173).
Aug 18, 2017, 11:22 PM
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Citation Linkbusinessinsider.comThe Business Insiderarticle about Olaf Carlson-Wee.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:23 PM
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Citation Linkinfo.vassar.eduOlaf Carlson-Wee is in the news.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:24 PM
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Citation Linkcrunchbase.comHis CrunchBaseprofile.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:24 PM
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Citation Link21.coWebsite where you can contact Olaf Carlson Wee for $100.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:25 PM
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Citation Linkwired.comArticle where he is featured.
Aug 18, 2017, 11:49 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Blockchain Investing - Olaf Carlson-Wee and Aaron Harris.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:33 AM
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Citation Linkreddit.comOn Reddit.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:35 AM
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Citation Linkcoindesk.comArticle on CoinDesk.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:36 AM
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Citation Linka16z.comPodcast with Andreessen Horowitz.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:37 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Fraud Prevention at Scale - Olaf Carlson-Wee, at USI.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:49 AM
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Citation Linkinstitutionalinvestor.comArticle about Olaf's new hedge fund.
Aug 19, 2017, 1:59 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comOlaf on the front cover of Forbes Magazine.
Aug 19, 2017, 2:32 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Olaf.
Aug 19, 2017, 2:38 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
a16z with Andreessen Horowitz Podcast: Cryptocurrencies, App Coins, and Investing in Protocols.
Aug 19, 2017, 2:40 AM
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Citation Linkripple.comAn article with him
Aug 19, 2017, 3:16 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.comSFBW19 - What's Next: The Future of Crypto - Olaf Carlson-Wee & Alex Pack
Dec 29, 2019, 3:06 AM