Balaji S. Srinivasan Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Investor, Entrepreneur
Nationality	American
Date of Birth	24/05/1980
Age	44 years
Birthplace	Long Island, New York
Hometown	Long Island
Political Inclination	Republican Party

Bio/Wiki

Full name	Balaji S. Srinivasan
College/University	Stanford University, California
Notable Events	In 2017, he was one of the few influential people from Silicon Valley to back Donald Trump during his presidential campaign.
Controversies	In 2013, proposed doxxing a journalist in response to an article published by TechCrunch. In July 2020, had a Twitter dispute with Taylor Lorenz, a reporter for The New York Times.

Physical Stats & More

Height	173 cm (1.73 m, 5’ 8”)
Weight	65 kg (143 lbs)
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Black

Educational Qualification(s)

Degrees	Bachelor of Science with specialization in Electrical Engineering (1997) Master of Science with specialization in Electrical Engineering (2000) PhD in Electrical Engineering

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known

Family

Father

Name not available (physician)

Mother

Name not available (physician)

Siblings

Brother	Ramji
Sister	None

Spouse

Not Known

Career

Awards, Honours, Achievements	In 2010, won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine for creating a pre-pregnancy genomic test at Counsyl. In 2010, Counsyl test was accorded as one of the Scientific American’s Top 10 World-Changing Ideas. In 2018, listed in Fortune magazine's 'The Ledger 40 under 40' list of young venture capitalists.
Notable Positions	Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Coinbase General partner at Andreessen Horowitz Founding member and CTO of Counsyl Co-founder of Coin Centre CEO of Earn.com
Business Ventures	Counsyl Earn.com Teleport Coin Centre
Investments and Advisories	Alchemy, Benchling, Cameo, CoinTracker, Culdesac, Dapper Labs, Deel, Digital Ocean, Eight Sleep, EPNS, Farcaster, Gitcoin, Golden, Instadapp, Lambda School, Levels Health, Locals, Messari, Mirror, OnDeck, OpenSea, Orchid Health, Prospera, Replit, Republic, Roam Research, Skiff, Soylent, Stability AI, Starkware, Stedi, Superhuman, Synthesis, Zora Labs Early investments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, NEAR, Polygon, Chainlink, XMTP, ZCash

Favourites

Books	Where Is My Flying Car? by Josh Storrs Hall High Output Management by Andy Grove The Great CEO Within by Matt Mochary How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley

Some Lesser Known Facts

Served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Coinbase.
Co-founded businesses like Counsyl, Earn.com, Teleport, and Coin Centre.
During college, focused on genomics research and co-authored various papers.
Involved in early investments in many tech startups and cryptocurrency protocols.
Met with US President Donald Trump in 2017 to discuss the FDA’s future.
Introduced the term 'Nakamoto coefficient' to assess blockchain decentralization.
Named 'The Man Who Called COVID' by CoinDesk in 2020 for accurate pandemic predictions.
Authored 'The Network State: How to Start a New Country,' proposing online communities forming new societies.
Started 'The Network State Podcast' in 2023, discussing managing employees, investments, and nation-building.
Contributed $50,000 in cryptocurrency as aid during the COVID-19 outbreak in India in April 2021.