Wences Casares is the CEO of Xapo Bank, and founded Internet Argentina, Wanako Games, Patagon, Lemon Wallet, and Banco Lemon.
13 Facts About Wences Casares
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Wences Casares is the eldest of four from a family of sheep ranchers in Patagonia, Argentina.
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In high school, Wences Casares earned a Rotary Club scholarship as an exchange student in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Wences Casares exited the company and then founded Argentine online brokerage, Patagon, in 1997.
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In 2002, Wences Casares founded Banco Lemon, a bank based in Brazil, which was acquired by Banco do Brasil in 2009.
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Wences Casares was the founder and CEO of Lemon Wallet, a digital wallet platform.
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Wences Casares is the CEO of Xapo, a bitcoin wallet startup based in Palo Alto, California.
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Widely known as, "Patient Zero", Quartz reported that Wences Casares was the entrepreneur to convince Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, and other tech veterans in Silicon Valley to invest in bitcoin.
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In 2011, Wences Casares was on the jury of the Cartier Women's Initiative awards.
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Wences Casares is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows in the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
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Wences Casares is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization.
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In 2010 Wences Casares partnered with Pablo Bosch to found Las Majadas de Pirque, a social capital and innovation facility owned by Wences Casares in Santiago, Chile.
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Wences Casares was formerly a board member at Kiva and Endeavor.