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Brian Armstrong is an American businessman, CEO and co-founder of the digital currency exchange CoinBase. Armstrong grew up in San Jose, California and was born on January 25, 1983.
In June 2012, Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase.com, an online cryptocurrency exchange, with Fred Ehrsam. The company brokers cryptocurrency to cryptocurrency, fiat currency to cryptocurrency, and cryptocurrency to fiat currency exchanges.
In August 2003, Brian Armstrong founded UniversityTutor.com, an online directory of tutors. Armstrong ran the company until May 2012, and the company was acquired in 2014 by Johnson Educational Technologies, LLC.
Brian Armstrong attended Rice University from 2001 to 2006. During his time at Rice University, Armstrong completed a double major bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and a masters degree in computer science. After graduating from Rice University, Armstrong decided to spend a year living in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As an angel investor Brian Armstrong has made the following investments:
- Aella Credit
- Binti
- EquipmentShare
- HandUp
- MetricWire
- Openvote
- Platzi
- Relativity Space
- Scentbird
- Women.com
- Ampleforth
- BuyPower
- ExVivo Labs
- Kudi AI
- Wifi.com.ng
