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Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried

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Sam Bankman-Fried -- Born: 1992-03-05. Occupation: business executive. Employer: Alameda Research. Position: chief executive officer. Education: Crystal Springs Uplands School. Awards: Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong.

Born1992-03-05

Occupationbusiness executive, convict, entrepreneur, investor

EmployerAlameda Research, Centre for Effective Altruism, FTX, Jane Street Capital

Positionchief executive officer

EducationCrystal Springs Uplands School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AwardsTatler Most Influential Hong Kong, Time 100

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“It would be obviously, you know, ultimately up to the president, not up to me,”
foxbusiness.com2026-06-08Source
“I'd give anything to be out there, trying to make a positive difference in the world, but I know that's not going to happen. I can't help from prison,”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“At the root, SullCrom's role in the prosecution, the one-sided media frenzy they incited, and the defense's inability to get in critical evidence at trial, infected the whole process,”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“It's most of what I think about each day,”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“I've heard and seen the despair, frustration and sense of betrayal from thousands of customers; they deserve to be paid in full, at current price,”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“I'm deeply sorry about what happened,”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“On Nov. 5 I was feeling quite good about that. On Nov. 7 I was feeling quite uneasy about that.”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“I realize I’m being a difficult pain in the ass right now and that I’m not in a position to be a pain in the ass and like, that’s shitty,”
nymag.com2022-12-01Source
“I was shocked by what happened this month. And you know, reconstructing it, there are things I wish I had done differently.”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“I saw it as a thriving, growing business,”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“I have a duty to talk. I have a duty to explain what happened. And I have a duty to do everything I can to try and do what's right.”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“I didn't ever try to commit fraud,”
reuters.com2022-11-30Source
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“greatly misstated what actually happened”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“he said. In his statement to the court Thursday, Bankman-Fried, 32, said that had he or another FTX employee remained in place as CEO, customers would have been”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“lost everything I had to lose.”
abcnews.com2024-04-01Source
“There is absolutely no doubt that Mr. Bankman-Fried’s name right now is pretty much mud around the world,”
apnews.com2024-03-28Source
“didn't try to commit fraud on anyone.”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“And I’m sorry about that.”
nymag.com2022-12-01Source
“don't say anything, recede into a hole,”
npr.org2022-12-01Source
“I didn't ever try to commit fraud on anyone.”
nytimes.com2022-11-30Source

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