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Mr Sam Bankman-Fried leaned into the Silicon Valley stereotype and then some.
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Margaret O’Mara
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Dishevelled, young and exceedingly brainy, Mr Sam Bankman-Fried perfectly fit the role of a Silicon Valley mogul in the making. The 30-year-old founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX leaned into the Silicon Valley stereotype and then some, while pitching investors and wearing a T-shirt and shorts onstage with Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Tony Blair.
Blue-chip investors fell for his persona, and Mr Bankman-Fried profited greatly, with his estimated net worth reaching over US$26 billion (S$35.7 billion) at one point.
