What is Caroline Ellison’s net worth? Caroline Ellison is the CEO of FTX’s affiliate trading company Alameda Research – Her Bio, Wiki, Age, Salary, and More.
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, collapsed at the hands of its founder and CEO – Sam Bankman-Fried last week (in November 2022).
Bankman-Fried’s net worth has plummeted from an estimated $26 billion to approximately $0. However, many who have heard about the news of FTX’s collapse and if the founder could land in jail or not have also heard of his ex-girlfriend.
Sam Bankman-Fried is rumored to have dated a top executive at FTX’s affiliate trading company, Alameda Research. The woman is named Caroline Ellison.
According to a CoinDesk report, Ellison and Bankman-Fried dated at one stage, citing those close to the FTX hierarchy. However, they are no longer thought to be romantically involved.
Sam Bankman-Fried was extremely wealthy before FTX went into crisis, and so, was Caroline Ellison also rich and what is her net worth?
Who is Caroline Ellison?
Caroline Ellison is a mathematics major who was born in 1994 to two esteemed academics.
She started her trading career at Jane Street – a New York-based trading firm in 2018.
She then moved to Alameda Research in 2020 after meeting FTX founder – and fellow Jane Street alumni – Sam Bankman-Fried.
Ellison reportedly described the opportunity as “too cool of an opportunity to let go.”
Over the next two years, Ellison rose to the rank of CEO and said the stint offered her insights into how companies work.
She said during a podcast interview in 2020: “Once you are like one of the few people in a small start-up, you realise that there are a bunch of decisions that have to be made, and someone has to make all of them.
“And a lot of them are like really uncertain, which is kind of terrifying.”
The Stanford Alumnus, who later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2016, also spoke of her love for reading, especially the Harry Potter books.
She later admitted that she never thought she’d go into trading.
What is Caroline Ellison’s net worth?
Ellison’s net worth is estimated to be around $15 million as of November 2022, per The Sun.
