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Who is behind FTX?

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4 links · 2019 – 11 Nov 2022

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  1. Led by John J. Ray III 11 Nov 2022 –

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Money in

  • Sequoia Capital invested in 2021 $214M Scholarship & press 4

    As reported by Bloomberg, from people familiar with a call with Sequoia’s investors; Sequoia declined to comment.

Proof 4 sources
  1. Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, 28 Mar 2024. Primary record Archived copy
    The defendant, who was the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research, misappropriated billions of dollars of customer funds deposited with FTX
  2. Declaration of John J. Ray III in Support of Chapter 11 Petitions and First Day Pleadings, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (filed for the FTX debtors), 17 Nov 2022. Primary record
    I am the Chief Executive Officer of the above-captioned debtors and debtors-in-possession (collectively, the “Debtors”), having accepted this position in the early morning hours of November 11, 2022.
  3. United States Attorney Announces Charges Against FTX Founder Samuel Bankman-Fried, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, 13 Dec 2022. Primary record Archived copy
    a federal grand jury in New York has indicted the former founder and chief executive officer of FTX
  4. Crypto crisis: Sequoia’s SA-born leader Roelof Botha apologises for R3.6bn FTX investment, News24 (Bloomberg), 23 Nov 2022. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    investments totaling $214 million (R3.6 billion) in FTX.com and FTX.us across two funds
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