sam bankman-fried education

What did Sam Bankman-fried study?

Sam Bankman-Fried is one of the richest people in crypto, thanks to his FTX exchange and Alameda Research trading firm. The son of two Stanford law professors, he studied physics at MIT but was drawn to "effective altruism," the utilitarian-inflected notion of doing the most good possible.

How much of FTX does Sam own?

A 15% liquidity discount is applied. He also owns FTX US, a related US arm of FTX, that was valued at $8 billion in a January 2022 fundraising round. He's calculated to own a 70% stake in the firm based on the firm's fundraising history.

How much is Bankman-Fried worth?

Bankman-Fried's fortune is valued at $21 billion by Forbes, making him among the wealthiest individuals minted by the crypto market boom

Where did Sam Bankman-fried go to high school?

Massachu... Institute of Technology

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Sam Bankman-Fried/Education

Early life and education

He attended Canada/USA Mathcamp, a summer program for mathematically talented high school students. From 2010 to 2014, Bankman-Fried attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There, he lived in a coeducational group house called Epsilon Theta.