Investor profile
Sam Bankman-Fried
Founder and former CEO of FTX; currently an incarcerated federal prisoner serving a 25-year sentence (since Mar 28, 2024)
Sam Bankman-Fried (born March 5, 1992) is an American entrepreneur who founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and co-founded the trading firm Alameda Research. A physics graduate of MIT and a former trader at Jane Street Capital, he launched Alameda in 2017 and founded FTX in 2019, later relocating operations to the Bahamas in 2021. After FTX’s collapse in 2022, he was arrested in the Bahamas, extradited to the United States, convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November 2023, and sentenced on March 28, 2024, to 25 years in federal prison with $11 billion in forfeiture. As of 2026, he is incarcerated at FCI Terminal Island in San Pedro, California.
Career
Career history and operating roles assembled from public biographies and company records.
- PresentFounder and former CEO of FTX; currently an incarcerated federal prisoner serving a 25-year sentence (since Mar 28, 2024)CurrentLegacy_importLlegacy role importPresentFounder and former CEO of FTX; currently an incarcerated federal prisoner serving a 25-year sentence (since Mar 28, 2024)CurrentLegacy_importLlegacy role import
Portfolio Companies
Publicly attributed investments compiled from reporting and company disclosures.
- RRobinhood Markets, Inc.Public company stake (Schedule 13D)May 12, 2022Reported round size$648M
- SSemaforPre-seedMay 2022Reported round size$10M
- KK5 Global (and related K5 entities)Private investment2022Reported round size$700M
Sources
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Sam Bankman-Fried - Wikipedia
Wikipedia
“Birthdate and place; MIT physics degree; Jane Street Capital employment; founding of Alameda Research (2017) and FTX (2019); 2021 move to the Bahamas; disclosure of Robinhood stake; conviction and sentencing summary.”
Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for His Orchestration of Multiple Fraudulent Schemes
U.S. Department of Justice
“Official sentencing notice: 25 years, supervised release, ~$11B forfeiture; counts of conviction and role as founder of FTX and Alameda Research.”
Sam Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial in FTX crypto fraud case
Courthouse News Service
“States he is serving his 25-year sentence at the Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution in San Pedro, California (current location).”