People to follow in Web3

Aftab Hossain aka DCInvestor is an Advisor and NFT curator who serves as a strategic advisor and private investor to projects in the Blockchain, "DeFi" and "NFT" space. He is a proud owner of Punk #294 and his passion for blockchain led him to curate world's greatest NFT portfolio. Prior to this, Aftab has worked with the US Government to design new models to improve their organisations' efficiency and effectiveness.

Loopify, while staying anonymous, is a writer, creator, investor, and above all else he is a wizard.He became one of the biggest NFT influencer and investor in the scene. Recently, Mr. Loopify’s Treeverse, a Metaverse game, raised $25 Million from Aave and Ideo. Many will attest that he is one the most valuable source of information in the community.

Jack butcher is an artist, graphic designer and a founder, who built a $1 Million brand in just 18 months. In search of his artistic freedom, he started his own advertising agency, Visualise Value. Previously, he has worked as a Creative Director for Billion Dollar Brands like Ferrari, Mercedes, Amex, and many more Now, Jack spends all of his time making things that make it easier to learn, teach, build, and sell.

6529 is an anonymous person. Currently, it is Building a fully Decentralised Metaverse that bridges the virtual and physical world. It is the owner of one of the largest and most valuable NFT collections in the world.

Richerd Chan, Punk owner #6046, addresses himself as a professional NFT Degen and a Smart Contract Artist. His venture, ‘Manifold Labs’, enables creators to mint their own NFT.Being a Software Developer, earlier, he has served as a former CTO at 'Hexbite Labs', developing full-service blockchain applicationsMr. Chan believes in building consumer products for larger audiences.

Patrick Rivera is a software engineer, investor and an experienced product engineer at ‘Mirror.xyz’, a Web3 publishing protocol.He defines ‘Mirror’ as if Kickstarter, Patreon, and Substack had a crypto baby. In the past, he has worked as a Product engineer at ‘Dharma’ (Acquired by OpenSea) and at ‘Instacart’. In his free time, Patrick writes about the intersection of crypto, creators and communities.

Brantly Millegan is a prominent name in Web3 community and has built ENS, a Decentralised Domain Naming Service from ground up

Benjamin Milstein aka OhhShiny is an Investor, Art Collector and NFT Influencer.Mr. Milstein has an impressive investment portfolio of Yuga Labs, Recur, Dapper Labs.Being an art collector, he had set up Pop-Up Galleries across the World.He is firm believer of making DeFi accessible to all and got featured in Forbes ‘30 Under 30’.

Farokh Sarmad is a Social Media Expert, self-proclaimed Cryptopunk and the Founder of 'Rug Radio', an NFT-Centric discussion show. He is famously known for live NFT Drops during his Clubhouse sessions. He is actively building brands and assisting entrepreneurs across various projects in the NFT space. Farokh has been featured in 'Forbes' and has been an inspiration to many people across the world.

Nader Dabit is a Speaker, Teacher and a Software Engineer, specializing in Web3 Application development. He is also the founder of ‘Developer DAO’ and creating the First Modular Blockchain Network. Prior, he has worked with ‘AWS’ and 'Edge&Node', the company behind ‘Graph Protocol’. Nader is an International Speaker and is famously known as the creator of ‘React Native Elements’.

Peter Yuan Pan aka Pet3rpan is an anonymous NFT collector and an investor at ‘1Kx Network’ where he provides ‘Early-Stage Crypto Fund’ for tokenised projects.He is also the Co-Founder of ‘Metacartel’. Peter's anonymity has not refrained him in making noteworthy investments in Zapper Finance, EPNS, Opium Protocol and more.

Chase Chapman is one of the leading women in Web3 Industry. She is Building an open, composable Smart Contracts Marketplace, making easy for developers to build and monetize dApps. She has been a core team member of Sonar Labs, which is behind Orca Protocol. Previously, Ms.Chapman has worked as Director of Marketing at the University of Michigan.

Tracheopteryx is a complete anonymous person. Being a Co-Founder, Tracheopteryx is building ‘Coordinape’, a protocol to help DAOs incentivize and reward its contributors. Earlier, Tracheopteryx has worked as a Core Developer at 'Yearn Finance', making it one of the earliest examples of 'Yield Farming'.

David Phelps is 2x founder, Investor, Literature Major and a self acclaimed Film Critic. As a Co-Creator of ‘EcoDAO’ and ‘JokeDAO’, he is seen as a prominent voice in Web3.His investment portfolio boasts of 'Rabbit Hole', 'Agora', and more.In the past, David has Co-Founded 'Forum' and 'Felix', an autopay/invoicing application for freelancers. One can find Mr. Phelps taking a deep dive into crypto and web3 in his blog ‘Three Quarks’

Gaby Goldberg is an early-stage investor in Web3 at ‘The Chernin Group’, where she focuses on the firm’s investments at the intersection of consumer and crypto. Before joining TCG, Gaby invested in early-stage companies at both ‘Bessemer Venture Partners’ and ‘Chapter One’. Outside of work, Gaby writes about Web3, digital culture, identity and ownership on her Mirror publication, 'gaby.mirror.xyz'.

Chris Dixon is known as the World’s Top Crypto Investor, invested in ‘Coinbase’, ‘OpenSea’ and ‘Yuga Labs’. Chris is a Partner at ‘a16z’ and the Co-Founder of ‘Founders Collective’, a VC firm, investing in Uber, Skillshare, Venmo and Periscope. Before, he co-founded ‘Hunch’ (Acquired by E-Bay) and ‘Site Advisor’ (Acquired by McAfee).Chris’ interests include programming, history, and philosophy and writes about Web3, DeFi, and startups on his website ‘https://cdixon.org’.

Cooper Turley is a Cryptocurrency Investor, Advisor, and well-known face in the ‘Music NFT’ industry, investing around $300K in Music NFTs. Currently, Cooper is an Advisor at 'Audius', a Decentralised Alternative to Spotify. His achievements also include appearing on Fortune's 'NFTy50' list. Cooper is passionate about music, mindfulness, community building and Web3.

Peter Yang is one of the leading voices in Product management and Web3.Apart from Reddit, Peter’s passion for helping people convinced him to create a Free WEB3 education platform, ‘Odyssey DAO’.Prior, Peter worked as a Sr. Product Manager at Twitch, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft.He authored the best-selling book on product management, ‘Principles of Product Management’.On the weekends, Peter enjoys rolling on the floor with his daughter. (Aww.)

Packy McCormick is an author of the 'Not Boring' newsletter and also an investor at 'Not Boring Capital'. Mr. Packy's impressive investment portfolio contains around 30 companies. Currently, he works as an Advisor at a16z’s ‘Web3 Fund'.Earlier, Packy served as a Vice President at 'Breather' and as an Investment Banker at 'Bank of America Merill Lynch'.

Chris Cantino has risen to be an influential voice among the Web3/NFT crowd by building a think-tank community and a Web3 incubator at 'CPG Club'.He is an entrepreneur and Partner at 'Color Capital', investing in Clubhouse, Chingari, and Athletic Greens.Due to his unique insights into Digital Economy, Chris has been featured in NY Mag, Forbes, and Business Insider.If you are looking for thought leaders in Web3, Chris Cantino is the person you should know!

Magdalena Kala or Mags is the founder of ‘Double Down’, a VC fund investing at the intersection of Web3 and Consumer Culture, invested in Epic Games, Manscaped, Draft KIngs. Earlier, Mags has also led new initiatives for Boston Celtics, Virgin and Snap.She is someone who is thinking about the future of the startup ecosystem. Mags is passionate about why and how people spend their time, money, and attention.

Jeff Kaufmann is an Entrepreneur and  Web3 enthusiast, building a Web3 consultancy firm 'Parachute'.Jeff also Founded 'Jump', the First Tokenised Community for Marketing and Advertising Professionals.Previously, He served as the Managing Group Head at 'The Richards group', managing clients like Chick-Fil-a, Froot of a Loom, etc. Jeff Kauffman is highly passionate about skydiving so he ended up creating the World’s largest skydiving group.

Kinjal Shah is an investor and a founder of ‘Komorebi’, an investment DAO funding female and non-binary founders in Web3.Kinjal is a partner at a VC firm ‘Blockchain Capital’, and a member of ‘Broadway Angels’, an angel investment group made up exclusively of world-class women-only investors.Kinjal regularly writes about Web3 and Crypto and one can find her columns at ‘CoinDesk’.

Greg is Building 'Late Checkout', a thesis driven Web3 Community.Greg is currently working as an Advisor at 'Reddit'. Previosly He has worked as Head of Product Strategy at 'WeWork' and an Advisor at TikTok. He was a Co-Founder of 'Islands' (Acquired by WeWork) and '5By' (Acquired by StumbleUpon). Greg is the winner of the acclaimed 'Webby Awards'.

Jesse Walden is an investor, entrepreneur and artist manager.Jesse is the Founding Partner at 'Variant', an early-stage venture firm investing in Crypto. Earlier, he was a Program Director at ‘a16z Crypto’ and the Founder of 'MediaChain' (Acquired by Spotify). In the past, he worked as an artist manager at ‘Red Bull Music Academy’ and ‘Boiler Room’, where he managed multiple Grammy-winning artists.

Li Jin is known around as the ‘Queen-maker’ of Passion Economy Startups who started the whole creator economy movement in Silicon Valley. Li is a Venture Capitalist at ‘Variant’, investing in Web3 and Ownership Economy. She also co-founded ‘Atelier Ventures’. Her investments include Patreon, Substack, Luma and more. Li Jin enjoys painting and writing and posts frequently on her Substack newsletter. Li is the go-to business guru for many digital stars.

Matthew Huang is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at ‘Paradigm’, an Investment Firm focussed on Cryptocurrencies. Previously, he was a Partner at Sequoia Capital and founded an analytics company called ‘Hotspots’ (Acquired by Twitter).Matt is an MIT graduate and his personal Investments include ByteDance, FTX Exchange, Amplitude, Instacart and more.

Brian Flynn is the Co-Founder & CEO of ‘RabbitHole’, a platform to teach users about the latest Cryptonetworks while earning ownership in them.Brian was previously a Product Manager at Dapper Labs, OpenSea, focused on user & developer growth.He also writes a newsletter on the latest web3 trends called ‘Jamm Session’.

Shreyas Hariharan got attracted to Crypto because of the ideals of decentralization, open-source, and community ownership.Shreyas is the co-founder of ‘Llama’, an Economic Infrastructure for DAOs to Manage their Treasury.Earlier, He has worked with leading DAOs like Aave, Uniswap, Gitcoin etc.Shreyas values authenticity, humour, and resonance.Apart from work, Shreyas loves to run, play Basketball and go on long Drives.

There is no better person than Aaron Wright to explain the purpose and power of DAOs. Aaron got interested in Bitcoin early on and collaborated on the launch of Ethereum.Aaron is the co-founder of 'Tribute Labs' which provides support and infrastructure to DAOs.Being a Law Professor, he also co-founded 'OpenLaw', making it easy to create legal agreements to work with Ethereum.Aaron Wright co-authored a book called ‘The Rule of Code, Blockchain and the Law’, and also published 2 Research papers on Blockchain Technology.

A Software Engineer by profession, Jakub Hruby is passionate about DeFi and Cryptocurrencies.This led him to create ‘Finematics’ with the goal to provide free education on DeFi.Jakub is currently working as a Senior Staff Engineer at ‘Blockchain.com’.Previously, he worked as a Senior Developer at IG Group.Jakub firmly believes that DeFi is the future.

Sanchan Saxena is an Angel Investor and VP of Product at ‘Coinbase’. Before Coinbase, Sanchan was Head of Product and General Manager at Airbnb. Being the Head of Product at Instagram, he founded ‘Instagram Shopping’. Sanchan has also served as Director of Product Management at Yahoo and Lead PM at Microsoft.

Farza Majeed is a Deep Learning Engineer and a ‘Persistent Nerd’ who started his first company at age 13.Farza is the Founder of 'Buildspace', the World's largest network of Web3 Builders.Prior, he built ‘ZipSchool.com’, a platform for K-5 kids to learn science and also served as the CTO at ‘Kanga’ (Acquired by Riot Games). Farza is a massive Anime fan, living his life with the motto to "stay true to yourself and keep exploring".

Darren Lau is a Research analyst and the Founder of ‘The Daily Ape’, a Crypto educational resource and a VC Firm 'Not3Lau Capital'. Darren is known for his early investments in Solana, Claystack, Diversify and more.Previously, he worked as a Research Analyst at 'Spartan Group' and 'CoinGecko' and is recognised as an "Unsung Hero” for his work in ‘Yield Farming’. Darren co-authored the book ‘How to DeFi’, and believes that “being early means no one is going to dump on you”.

Balaji Srinivasan, A former professor at Stanford, is a very well-known name in the Web3 world.He is a successful silicon valley based tech founder and an investor. Earlier, Balaji was the Former CTO at 'Coinbase' and General Partner at 'a16z'.His notable investments include Bitcoin, Solana, EPNS, Cameo, Clubhouse etc.Balaji is a recipient of the ‘Wall Street Journal Innovation Award’ and appeared on Fortune’s "The Ledger 40 Under 40" list.In 2021, Srinivasan donated $50,000 in cryptocurrency to aid in Indian COVID-19 relief.

Preethi Kasireddy started her Crypto career as a Software Engineer at ‘Coinbase’ and helped launch Ethereum onto the Coinbase platform. Preethi’s well-rounded experience as a founder, engineer, investor, and banker gives her a unique lens into the world of crypto and finance.Preethi has a knack for teaching, and as a founder of ‘DappCamp’, she is providing a course to develop and scale web3 apps on Ethereum. Earlier, Preethi worked as a partner at a16z and as an Investment banker at Goldman SachsPeople are inspired by Preethi’s entrepreneurialism and passion for developing emerging talent globally.

Muneeb Ali is a Computer Scientist and the Co-Founder of ‘Stacks’, a smart contracts layer for Bitcoin.He is also serving as the CEO of ‘Trust Machines’, the largest ecosystem of Bitcoin apps.Muneeb is a PhD Scholar from Princeton University where he gives guest lectures on cloud computing, and has published many research papers. Muneeb is one of the main characters in the book ‘Life After Google’ and was a technical advisor to HBO’s show ‘Silicon Valley’.

Amit Mukherjee is an entrepreneur and investor in Web3 companies.Amit is the Founder of ‘Chainforest’, building an ecosystem of crypto enthusiasts seeking to learn, build and invest.As a Former Investment Banker at ‘NEA’ and ‘JP Morgan’, he invested in Uber, ByteDance, Casper, and Coursera and worked as the Lead Analyst for Facebook's IPO.Amit is known for his rigour, supportiveness, and diversity of thought.

Giancarlo is an NFT collector and is the owner of one of the most popular YouTube channel ‘Giancarlo Buys Tokens’, where he educates people with his in-depth analysis of NFT, Web3, Crypto and Metaverse. Previously, Giancarlo served as the Director of Business Development at ‘SuperData Research’ and has worked as an Investment banker at ‘Brean Capital LLC’.

Bernardo Faro aka Bernie is a content creator in the Crypto and Web3 space. Bernie is the Co-Founder of Vinci, the #1 community for Web3 Community Managers. He is also leading Growth at ‘Odyssey DAO’ to bring 1 Million people to Web3.Earlier he worked with Deloitte and PwC as a Senior Consultant and Investment Banker. Bernie’s goal is to build the right infrastructure to support the journey of content creators.

Ryan Selkis is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur.Ryan founded 'Messari', the leading provider of Crypto Market Intelligence products.He was an entrepreneur-in-residence at ConsenSys and Had served as Managing Director at CoinDesk.He has been an investor in the crypto industry since 2013.Ryan writes a popular blog ‘Two-Bit Idiot’, where he discusses news, analysis, and ideas for the Bitcoin industry.

Pomp is an Army Veteran and A prominent name in Crypto world. He has Invested in over 100 early-stage companies like Coinbase, AirBnb, Reddit, BlockFi and more. Earlier, he has worked as a Product manager at Facebook, leading the growth of 'Facebook Pages'. He is also Known for his 'The Pomp podcast'.

Jack Dorsey Needs no introduction. Currently, jack has been working on a Web5 platform called 'Block', based on Bitcoin Blockchain. Previously, he Co-founded and served as a former CEO of Twitter, the biggest microblogging website in the world.

Mudit is currently working as a CISO at Polygon. He is also serving as a Technical Partner at Delta Blockchain Fund. Being a Software Engineer, Previously he has worked as the Core Developer at SushiSwap and Lead Blockchain Engineer at Polymath.

Akshay is a former lawyer and an angel investor. Currently Akshay is an Advisor at Solana Foundation, overlooking at the international expansion of Solana. Earlier, he was the Head of Global Public Policy at Uber and was the Founding Team Member for setting up Uber India.

Kacie Ahmed is an experienced blockchain developer and is building 'LearnWeb3DAO' which helps people break into Web3.He is also working as a Technical writer at Hashnode.

Brian Armstrong is very well known personaity in Web3 Industry. Currently, Brian is serving as a CEO at Coinbase, the largest Cryptocurrency Exchange in the U.S. Previously, he has worked with Deloitte as a Consultant and Technical Product Manager at Airbnb. Fortune ranked Brian #10 on its '40 under 40' list.

Jaimie Shmidt is the co-founder of 'myBFF', an open access community to educate, connect and empower women and non-binary people in Web3. Jaimie is also a Co-Founder and Partner at Color Capital, making investments in Clubhouse, Chingari and many more. She also co-founded Shmidt's Naturals (Acquired by Unilever).Jaime is regularly profiled in prominent press including Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and Quartz.

Gary Vee is a Prominent name in the technology world. He is the Creator of VeeFriends, an NFT Series. Previously, He Co-founded a Restaurant Reservation platform which got acquired by American Express. Gary is an early investor in Facebook, Twitter, Slack, Coinbase, Venmo, Uber, Tumblr.