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Robert Leshner

Robert Leshner

Robert Leshner is a San Francisco known entrepreneur and innovator. He is also known for founding blockchain company Compound. Leshner is a Chartered Financial Analyst who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.[1][2] He is married to Tubular Labs founder and chief strategy officer Allison Jenny Stern.[5]

Early Life & Education

Robert leshner is from Pipersville, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Ivy Silver, founder of Commonwealth Consulting Group, and Steven Leshner, owner and president of the Commonwealth Investment Management Group in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.[5]

Robert Leshner attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with an Economics Degree. He is also is a certified Chartered Financial Analyst.[17] He is married to Tubular Labs (analytics company) founder and chief strategy officer Allison Stern.[5]

Career

On October 1, 2011, Leshner co-founded Safe Shepard with Geoff Hayes.[4] a service that focuses on the removal of personal information from companies that sell it by scanning both the internet and private databases. Throughout its two funding rounds, the company raised $629,000 with their last seed round being held in 2013.[3]

In August 2017, Leshner and Hayes launched Compound, an open-source interest rate protocol that is built on the Ethereum blockchain. Since its two funding rounds, the firm has raised over $33.2 million, primarily from venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz.[6] The company's token, COMP, hit an all time of $231 per token around late June, making it one of the pillars of the growing DeFi (Decentralized Finance) network.[18][19]

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.linkedin.comLinkedin - Robert Leshner
Jul 3, 2020, 10:23 PM
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Citation Linktwitter.comTwitter - rleshner
Jul 3, 2020, 10:24 PM
[3]
Citation Linkmashable.comMashable - Online Privacy: How to Control Your Personal Data
Jul 3, 2020, 11:21 PM
[4]
Citation Linkwww.crunchbase.comCrunchbase - Safe Shepard
Jul 3, 2020, 11:25 PM
[5]
Citation Linkwww.nytimes.comNew York Times - Allison Stern, Robert Leshner
Jul 4, 2020, 12:01 AM
[6]
Citation Linkwww.crunchbase.comCrunchbase - Compound
Jul 4, 2020, 12:13 AM
[7]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comRobert Leshner: Compound – An Automated Money Market for Ethereum Tokens (#295)
Jul 4, 2020, 1:38 AM
[8]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comBalancing the Ledger: Compound CEO Robert Leshner I Fortune
Jul 4, 2020, 1:39 AM
[9]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comCompound Finance Founder Robert Leshner on the Power of Programmable Money with Blockchain
Jul 4, 2020, 1:39 AM
[11]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comCoinbase Speaker Series: Robert Leshner
Jul 4, 2020, 1:40 AM
[12]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comLeshner pictured with his wife, Allison Stern
Jul 4, 2020, 1:41 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comCompound logo
Jul 4, 2020, 1:41 AM
[14]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comSafe Shepard logo
Jul 4, 2020, 1:42 AM
[15]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comRobert Leshner and Jesse Walden: Deep Dive on Decentralization
Jul 4, 2020, 1:46 AM
[16]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comLive AMA w/ Robert Leshner (Compound)
Jul 4, 2020, 1:49 AM
[17]
Citation Linkwww.cypherhunter.comCypherHunter - Robert Leshner
Jul 6, 2020, 10:57 PM
[18]
Citation Linkwww.coindesk.comCoinDesk - DeFi Startups Built on Compound Weigh What to Do With $200 COMP Tokens
Jul 6, 2020, 11:22 PM
[19]
Citation Linkcointelegraph.comCoin Telegraph - 3 Big Blockchain Companies Teamed Up on a DeFi Product That Pays Passive Income
Jul 6, 2020, 11:22 PM