MELTEM Demirors is chief strategy officer at CoinShares, a digital asset fund managing more than $4 billion.
But what is the story behind Demirors and what is her net worth?
Who is Meltem Demirors?
Meltem Demirors was born in 1987 in the Netherlands.
She said: “My mom and dad didn’t have electricity growing up.
“They didn’t have running water growing up.
“They dreamed of a better life, and they recognized they would have to work their asses off and take serious risks to get it.”
When Demirors was 10-years-old, she moved to Michigan in the US with her family.
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She said: “That was a big shock.
“It was so socially conservative. It was so homogeneous.
“Sunday school is the center of the community – we’ve never been religious as a family.
“I’ve never really set foot in a church other than to look at the architecture.”
Demirors graduated from Rice University in 2009 with BA in Mathematical Economics.
After graduating, she joined Deloitte as a consultant before moving to ExxonMobil after 4 years.
She then went to MIT Sloan School of Management and graduated with a MBA in 2015.
After finishing her MBA, she joined Digital Currency Group (DCG) as Director of Development before rising through the ranks to become Vice President.
Digital Currency Group is the world’s largest asset manager for digital currency. Barry Silbert is the firm’s current CEO.
In 2018, Demirors then joined CoinShares – Europe’s largest digital asset investment and trading group – as chief strategy officer.
Demirors is also a guest lecturer at the MIT Media Lab, and is a lecturer on blockchain technology at Oxford University.
What is Meltem Demirors’ net worth?
Meltem Demirors is believed to have a net worth of more than $1 billion.
Demirors has personally invested in blockchain projects including Blockade Games, XMTP, ClayStack, Syndicate, SmartDeFi, Showtime, Upshot and others.
Demirors’ biggest predictions for 2023 is Bitcoin will surpass the $30,000 mark and is confident it will eventually go on to record a new all-time high in 2024.
She said: “Bitcoin is and has always been a secular trade. It’s a very cyclical asset — it goes through these cycles of ups and downs, highs and lows.
“I think in the next 24 months, we will see new all-time highs in Bitcoin.”