Sam Bankman Fried

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Sam Bankman-Fried

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Samuel Bankman-Fried (born March 5, 1992) is an American entrepreneur and convicted felon who founded the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research in 2017 and the exchange FTX in 2019.[1][2]FTX grew to become one of the largest crypto platforms, with Bankman-Fried's personal net worth peaking at an estimated $26.5 billion in early 2022, largely tied to its valuation.[3]The exchange's sudden collapse in November 2022 revealed that billions in customer funds had been improperly transferred to Alameda Research for trading, investments, real estate, and political donations, creating an $8 billion hole that triggered bankruptcy proceedings.[4]
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Sam Bankman-Fried

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Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried, commonly known asSBF, is an American former entrepreneur convicted of fraud. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated as a "poster boy" for crypto, with FTX having a global reach with more than 130 international affiliates. At the peak of his net worth, he was ranked the 41st-richest American in theForbes400.

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  • Grokipedia is longer by about 38 words.
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SignalGrokipediaWikipedia
Captured length99 words61 words
Freshness signalNo timestamp exposedTimestamp provided
Source modeDirect page excerptOfficial REST summary
Detected framingNeutral summaryNeutral summary
Inline links captured80

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Grokipedia highlights

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Wikipedia highlights

Last verified last week (Jul 8, 2026, 11:21 AM). Reliable for factual baselines, taxonomies, and citations.

  • Community-reviewed, citation-driven perspective.
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