Hey, everyone!
All of these photos come from the February 28, 2018 edition of Forbes magazine. Make sure to pick up your own copy here!.
The whole magazine has amazing content but this is going to be all about the crypto sphere. Prophets of Boom is the title of the crypto section in this magazine. The subtitle of the section is:
The man that you see in the picture above is Changpeng Zhao, the creator of Binance. According to Forbes, "His stake in Binance and his coins give CZ a personal fortune worth as much as $2 billion."That's crazy! After spending a good amount of time on Steemit, you'll come across multiple Binance referral links. It's great to see the creator of such an innovative platform.
The section is all about highlighting the rich people of crypto and I'm sure we all know how big Ripple (XRP) got a few months back. Forbes states, "Chris Larsen...saw his net worth flirt with $20 billion at the height of cryptomania in early January, based on his ownership of 5.2 billion XRP, the tokens of Ripple, the company he founded." Just using this example, we can see how much money some people made a few months back when crytpocurrencies exploded!
Now, let's go ahead and highlight some of the top crypto millionaires and billionaires according to Forbes.
1. Chris Larsen: estimated crypto net worth of $7.5 billion - $8 billion.
2. Joseph Lubin: estimated crypto net worth of $1 billion - $5 billion.
3. Changpeng "CZ" Zhao: estimated crypto net worth $1.1 billion - $2 billion.
4. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: estimated crypto net worth $900 million - $1.1 billion each
For those of you who know, Dan Larimer is the creator of Steemit, BitShares, and he is also a co-founder of EOS and Block.one. Sure enough, he is on the Forbes crypto list too!
12. Dan Larimer: estimated crypto net worth $600 million - $700 million.
Another very familiar face is Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum!
17. Vitalik Buterin: estimated crypto net worth $400 million - $500 million
Crypto truly is amazing. It has created so much innovation and disruption in many industries with blockchain technology. Of course, we all know that we can potentially increase our net worth by investing in crypto. We just need to keep hoping on the increased adoption of the technology. I believe it will happen, it's only a matter of time.
Check out the full list of Forbes crypto millionaires and billionaires here:
1. Chris Larsen: estimated crypto net worth of $7.5 billion - $8 billion.
2. Joseph Lubin: estimated crypto net worth of $1 billion - $5 billion.
3. Changpeng "CZ" Zhao: estimated crypto net worth $1.1 billion - $2 billion.
4. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: estimated crypto net worth $900 million - $1.1 billion each
5. Matthew Mellon: estimated crypto net worth $900 million - $1 billion.
6. Brian Armstrong: estimated crypto net worth $900 million - $1 billion
7. Matthew Roszak: estimated crypto net worth $900 million - $1 billion
8. Anthony Di Iorio: estimated crypto net worth $750 million - $1 billion
9. Brock Pierce: estimated crypto net worth $700 million - $1 billion
10. Michael Novogratz: estimated crypto net worth $700 million - $1 billion
11. Brendan Blumer: estimated crypto net worth $600 million - $700 million
12. Dan Larimer: estimated crypto net worth $600 million - $700 million
13. Valery Vavilov: estimated crypto net worth $500 million - $700 million
14. Charles Hoskinson: estimated crypto net worth $500 million - $600 million
15. Brad Garlinghouse: estimated crypto net worth $400 million - $500 million
16. Barry Silbert: estimated crypto net worth $400 million - $500 million
All pics are from the Forbes magazine.