====== Gabe Bankman-Fried ======

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**Gabriel Bankman-Fried**, occasionally referred to as **GBF**, is an American political activist. He is the brother of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] and son of [[Barbara Fried]] and [[Joseph Bankman]].

===== History =====

GBF attended [[Canada/USA MathCamp]] alongside his brother, Sam.((Schleifer, T. (2023, February 1). //The Brothers Bankman-Fried.// Puck. http://archive.today/2023.02.05-032458/https://puck.news/the-brothers-bankman-fried/))

Bankman-Fried graduated from [[Brown University]] in 2017 with a degree in computer science. He briefly worked at [[Jane Street Capital]] (after his brother left)((Rennison, J., Yaffe-Bellany, D., & Goldstein, M. (2023, February 21). //“Effective Altruism” Led Bankman-Fried to a Little-Known Wall St. Firm.// The New York Times. http://archive.today/2023.02.22-010711/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/business/bankman-fried-altruism-jane-street.html)) and then at [[Civis Analytics]].((Schleifer, T. (2023, February 1). //The Brothers Bankman-Fried.// Puck. http://archive.today/2023.02.05-032458/https://puck.news/the-brothers-bankman-fried/))

Despite not officially working at [[Mind the Gap]], Bankman-Fried was frequently included in e-mail discussions in 2018 and would contribute in a "volunteer capacity."((Schleifer, T. (2023, January 25). //S.B.F. Mama Drama.// Puck. http://archive.today/2023.01.25-051136/https://puck.news/s-b-f-mama-drama/))

Following the successful 2018 election for the [[Democratic Party]], Bankman-Fried was hired by [[united_states:Illinois]] congressman [[Sean Casten]] as a legislative correspondent.

==== Guarding Against Pandemics ====

In mid-2021, Bankman-Fried left Casten's office to take advantage of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]'s growing wealth by starting [[Guarding Against Pandemics]]. In April 2022, he purchased a $3.3 million townhouse in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]]((Schleifer, T. (2022, November 15). //Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius.// Puck. http://archive.today/2022.11.26-091926/https://puck.news/inside-the-s-b-f-blast-radius/)) He reportedly used money from GAP to help defeat the recall effort against [[united_states:California]] Governor [[Gavin Newsom]].

In June 2022, Bankman-Fried participated in an investment round for a new media company called [[Semafor]], attending the [[White House Correspondents Dinner]] with company founders [[Justin Smith]] and [[Ben Smith]] shortly after.((//Semafor - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.// Crunchbase. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/semafor/company_financials)) ((Schleifer, T. (2022, July 5). //The Passion of S.B.F. & The Next MacKenzie.// Puck. http://archive.today/2023.03.21-154147/https://puck.news/the-passion-of-s-b-f-the-next-mackenzie/)) The brothers also attended several meetings at the [[White House]] with senior members of President [[Joe Biden]]'s staff.

==== FTX collapse ====

In November 2022, after the collapse of [[FTX]] and its associated companies and organizations, Gabe resigned from [[Guarding Against Pandemics]].((Dan Diamond [@ddiamond]. (2022, November 14). //“Scoop: GABE BANKMAN-FRIED has stepped down as head of Guarding Against Pandemics, the advocacy organization bankrolled by brother SBF, per a person familiar. In statement, GAP says it is ‘proud’ of its contributions in pandemic prevention and ‘hopeful’ momentum will continue.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321164041/https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1592261331847376896))

In January 2023, Semafor announced they would be returning the investments made by Gabe and [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], which had not yet been converted into equity.((Nagarajan, S. (2023, January 5). //News Startup Semafor To Return Funds Linked to FTX Founder.// Blockworks. https://web.archive.org/web/20230117144718/https://blockworks.co/news/news-startup-semafor-to-return-funds-linked-to-ftx-founder))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.influencewatch.org/person/gabe-bankman-fried/|InfluenceWatch]]