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| ==== Early life ==== | ==== Early life ==== |
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| SBF was born March 6, 1992 in [[united_states:california:Stanford]], [[united_states:California]].((//Sam Bankman-Fried.// EA Forum. Retrieved November 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/rOiPC)) As a high school student, Bankman-Fried attended [[Canada/USA Mathcamp]], a summer program for mathematically talented youth. There he met his future business partners [[Sam Trabucco]] (co-CEO of Alameda) and [[Gary Wang]] (co-founder and CTO of FTX).((McMahon, K., & Huang, V. G. (2021, December 28). //Here are 10 of the most surprising little-known facts we learned about the 29-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried after months speaking to his closest friends, family, and colleagues.// Business Insider. http://archive.today/2021.12.29-014820/https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-trading-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-alameda-surprising-facts-2021-12)) ((Bankman-Fried, S. (2020, May 17). //Raising the bar.// FTX Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20221125085649/https://blog.ftx.com/blog/raising-the-bar/)) | SBF was born March 6, 1992 in [[united_states:california:Stanford]], [[united_states:California]] on the campus of [[Stanford University]].((//Sam Bankman-Fried.// EA Forum. Retrieved November 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/rOiPC)) ((Parloff, R. (2021, August 12). //Portrait of a 29-year-old billionaire: Can Sam Bankman-Fried make his risky crypto business work?// Yahoo! Finance. https://archive.ph/jAPFn)) |
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| | He attended [[Crystal Springs Uplands School]], described as "a top Silicon Valley prep school."((Chittum, M. (2022, December 14). //Sam Bankman-Fried attended a top Silicon Valley prep school where his senior class prank reportedly included making $100 bills with his face on them called “Bankmans.”// Markets Insider. https://archive.ph/MrYWB)) ((SamBF. (2009, February 23). //Bay Area High School Puzzle Hunt.// Art of Problem Solving. https://archive.ph/2gnzu)) As a high school student, Bankman-Fried attended [[Canada/USA Mathcamp]], a summer program for mathematically talented youth. There he met his future business partners [[Sam Trabucco]] (co-CEO of Alameda) and [[Gary Wang]] (co-founder and CTO of FTX).((McMahon, K., & Huang, V. G. (2021, December 28). //Here are 10 of the most surprising little-known facts we learned about the 29-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried after months speaking to his closest friends, family, and colleagues.// Business Insider. http://archive.today/2021.12.29-014820/https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-trading-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-alameda-surprising-facts-2021-12)) ((Bankman-Fried, S. (2020, May 17). //Raising the bar.// FTX Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20221125085649/https://blog.ftx.com/blog/raising-the-bar/)) Some of his high school assignments and activities are publicly available through his profile and posts on [[Art of Problem Solving]].((//User Profile - SamBF.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved January 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230110014508/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/user/57409)) |
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| ==== Effective altruism ==== | ==== Effective altruism ==== |
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| During his third year as a physics major at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Bankman-Fried was exposed to [[effective altruism]] at a talk by [[William MacAskill]] on the ethics of career choice.((Gabriele, M. (2021, August 1). //FTX Trilogy, Part 1: The Prince of Risk.// The Generalist. https://archive.ph/wZmQ0)) | In 2012, during his third year as a physics major at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Bankman-Fried was exposed to [[effective altruism]] at a talk by [[William MacAskill]] on the ethics of career choice.((Gabriele, M. (2021, August 1). //FTX Trilogy, Part 1: The Prince of Risk.// The Generalist. https://archive.ph/wZmQ0)) SBF was part of a fraternity at MIT called [[Epsilon Theta]]. |
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| Upon graduating from MIT, Bankman-Fried joined [[Jane Street Capital]], a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider, where he worked as a trader and designed the firm's automated off-exchange trading system. While working at Jane Street, Bankman-Fried gave about half of his salary to charity, primarily to animal causes.((Faux, Z. (2022, April 3). //A 30-Year-Old Crypto Billionaire Wants to Give His Fortune Away.// Bloomberg. https://archive.ph/uvIOa)) After serving briefly as director of development at the [[Centre for Effective Altruism]], he founded Alameda Research in 2017 and FTX two years later. | Upon graduating from MIT, Bankman-Fried joined [[Jane Street Capital]], a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider, where he worked as a trader and designed the firm's automated off-exchange trading system. While working at Jane Street, Bankman-Fried gave about half of his salary to charity, primarily to animal causes.((Faux, Z. (2022, April 3). //A 30-Year-Old Crypto Billionaire Wants to Give His Fortune Away.// Bloomberg. https://archive.ph/uvIOa)) After serving briefly as director of development at the [[Centre for Effective Altruism]], he founded Alameda Research in 2017 and FTX two years later.((Deutch, G. (2021, July 28). //The young crypto billionaire who wants to change political fundraising.// Jewish Insider. https://archive.ph/eyUPq)) |
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| More recently, he has contributed to organizations working in global [[poverty]], [[climate change]], [[artificial intelligence|AI]] safety, [[biosecurity]] and [[pandemic preparedness]].((Schleifer, T. (2022, February 16). //The Notorious S.B.F.// Puck. https://archive.ph/cPVZ8)) | More recently, he has contributed to organizations working in global [[poverty]], [[climate change]], [[artificial intelligence|AI]] safety, [[biosecurity]] and [[pandemic preparedness]].((Schleifer, T. (2022, February 16). //The Notorious S.B.F.// Puck. https://archive.ph/cPVZ8)) |
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| SBF was arrested in the [[Bahamas]] on December 12, 2022.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html)) A 14-page indictment was filed that alleged "numerous and varied" campaign finance violations, including conspiring with others to make, receive and hide illegal campaign contributions. | SBF was arrested in the [[Bahamas]] on December 12, 2022.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html)) A 14-page indictment was filed that alleged "numerous and varied" campaign finance violations, including conspiring with others to make, receive and hide illegal campaign contributions. |
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| | During SBF's trial in October 2023, his lawyers filed a motion petitioning the court to provide him doses of extended-release [[Adderall]] to help him focus on court proceedings.((//Lawyers For Sam Bankman-Fried Petition Judge For More Adderall.// (2023, October 16). ZeroHedge. http://archive.today/2023.10.16-171416/https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/lawyers-sam-bankman-fried-petition-judge-more-adderall)) |
