Charles Hoskinson
Charles Hoskinson is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur and mathematician. He attended the Metropolitan State University of Denver and the University of Colorado Boulder to study analytic number theory before moving into cryptography through industry exposure.
His professional experience includesfounding three cryptocurrency-related start-ups–Invictus Innovations,EthereumandIOHK– and he has held a variety of posts in both the public and private sectors. He wasthe founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation’s education committee and established the Cryptocurrency Research Group in 2013.
His current projects focus on educating people about cryptocurrency, being an evangelist for decentralization and making cryptographic tools easier to use for the mainstream. This includes leading the research, design and development ofCardano, a third-generation cryptocurrency that launched in September 2017.

