10 Facts About Ben Delo

Ben Delo is the co-founder and former executive of BitMEX.

In 2022, Delo pleaded guilty to a United States Bank Secrecy Act violation and received a 30-month probation sentence.

Ben Delo was educated at Lord Williams's School and graduated from the University of Oxford in 2005 with a double first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Ben Delo began his career as a software engineer at IBM, where he was named as an inventor on several patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Office.

In 2014, Ben Delo met Arthur Hayes and Sam Reed, and they co-founded BitMEX, a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform.

In 2018, The Times reported that Ben Delo was the United Kingdom's youngest self-made billionaire.

In March 2021, Ben Delo traveled to the United States and surrendered himself to authorities in New York.

Ben Delo pleaded not guilty to the charges and was bailed on a $20 million bond before being allowed to return to the United Kingdom.

On 16 June 2022, Ben Delo was sentenced to 30 months' probation.

That month, Ben Delo became a member of Giving What We Can.