Co-founder of crypto exchange and an graduate Ben Delo has become Britain’s youngest self-made billionaire, reports July 2.
Aged 34, Delo, who founded BitMEX in 2014, told Daily Mail that he used to spend 18 hours a day to build his platform. His work has apparently paid off, as BitMEX is currently one of the largest in the world with a daily trade volume of around $2 billion, according to data from .
“I have had my nose down in a start-up for the past four years. I was doing 18-hour days at one point.”
Delo graduated Worcester College, Oxford in 2005 with a first-class degree, majoring in mathematics and computer science. as Software Engineer at , and assistant Vice President at , the youngest UK’s bitcoin () billionaire is now based in Hong Kong, according to Daily Mail.
Delo told that he mimics the frugal lifestyles of the U.S. billionaire investor and entrepreneur , claiming that he prefers to give away his money to various .
In January, a representative of claimed the company that there were no fewer than 35 bitcoin billionaires worldwide, and possibly as many as 200.
In December, made the headlines by the first “official” bitcoin billionaires, reportedly holding about 91,666 bitcoins,worth about $1.063 billion at the time.
Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:50:00 +0000
