Changpeng Zhao

Net Worth: $110 Billion

Chinese Name: 赵长鹏

Ancestral Home: Guizhou

Age: 49

Nationality: Canadian

Main Industries: Cryptocurrency, Finance and Investments

Founder and largest shareholder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. He stepped down as CEO in November 2023 as part of a settlement with U.S. authorities, served a four-month prison sentence, and later received a presidential pardon. He remains the single largest shareholder of both Binance and Binance US but holds no executive or operational position at either; his only formal role is a board seat at Binance US. He has described his preferred involvement with companies he backs as informal advising rather than formal executive responsibility, and he now mentors founders on the BNB Chain ecosystem through his investment firm, YZi Labs, while also advising roughly a dozen governments on cryptocurrency regulation.