Cameron Winklevoss

Cameron Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor. Along with his twin brotherTyler, he isa co-founder of Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange and custody service. The brothers are also known for their legal battles with Facebook founderMark Zuckerbergover the creation of the social networking site ConnectU.

Cameron attendedHarvard University, where he studied economics and earned a degree in the field. During his time at the university, he and his brother Tyler came up with the idea for a social networking site calledConnectU. The brothers later claimed that Mark Zuckerberg, who was a fellow student at Harvard at the time, stole their idea and used it to create Facebook.

The Winklevoss twins later sued Zuckerberg for intellectual property theft and reacheda settlement with him for $65 millionin cash and Facebook shares. The legal battle was later dramatized in the film "The Social Network."

In 2013, Cameron and Tyler began investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. They founded Winklevoss Capital Management, a firm that invests across multiple asset classes with an emphasis on providing seed funding and infrastructure to early-stage startups.

In 2015, the Winklevoss twins launched Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange and custody service that allows users to buy, sell, and store digital assets. Gemini is one of the few cryptocurrency exchanges to be fully licensed and regulated in the United States.

Cameron is also a notable rower andcompeted in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is a former member of the United States Olympic rowing team and has won several national championships in the sport.

In addition to his work in the cryptocurrency industry, Cameron is a frequent commentator on financial news networks and a prominent advocate for Bitcoin and blockchain technology.