Fred Ehrsam

Fred Ehrsam, born Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III, is an American entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the digital currency exchange company Coinbase.
Early life and education
In 2006, Ehrsam graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, Massachusetts. In 2010, Ehrsam graduated with distinction from Duke University, earning a B.S. in computer science with a minor in economics. At Duke, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Career
After graduating from Duke, Ehrsam initially worked at Goldman Sachs in New York on the foreign exchange trading desk. The company went through the Y Combinator startup incubator . From 2012 to 2017, Ehrsam served as president of the company, and a valuation of $1.6 billion USD. In late 2017, Ehrsam transitioned away from day-to-day operations at Coinbase to focus on building blockchain-based apps.Ehrsam remains an active member of the company's board of directors.
In 2018, Ehrsam and Matt Huang of Sequoia Capital formed a crypto fund. Sequoia subsequently accounted that it would invest in the new fund.
Ehrsam currently resides in San Francisco.
Media appearances
Time magazine recognized Ehrsam as one of its 30 Under 30: World Changers in 2013.
Ehrsam appeared in the 2014 film The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin along with the other co-founder of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong.

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