Brian Armstrong
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Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong is the CEO of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US.


Brian Armstrong is the CEO of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States.

Armstrong attended Rice University in 2001, where he earned a master's degree in computer science. In 2003, Armstrong founded UniversityTutor.com and in 2011 began working as a software engineer at AirBnB.

Armstrong co-founded Coinbase, based in San Francisco, in 2012. Coinbase raised $300 million in October 2018 in a funding round led by Tiger Global that valued the company at $8 billion.

Current job

  • Coinbase, CEO and co-founder

Previous job

  • AirBnB, software engineer, 2011-2012
  • UniversityTutor.com, CEO and Founder, 2003-2012
  • Deloitte & Touche, Consultant, 2005
  • IBM, Interim Team Lead, 2003

Education

  • Rice University, Master's Degree in Computer Science, 2005-2006
  • Rice University, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Economics, 2001-2005


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