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'''Jean-Louis van der Velde''' (also known as '''Jan Ludovicus van der Velde''') is a Dutch business executive. He was the chief executive officer of Tether.[{{cite news |last1=Foldy |first1=Ben |last2=Hui |first2=Ada |last3=Rudegeair |first3=Peter |title=The Unusual Crew Behind Tether, Crypto’s Pre-Eminent Stablecoin |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tether-ownership-and-company-weaknesses-revealed-in-documents-11675363340 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2 February 2023}}] |
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'''Jean-Louis van der Velde''' (also known as '''Jan Ludovicus van der Velde''') is a Dutch business executive. He was the chief executive officer of Tether.[{{cite news |last1=Foldy |first1=Ben |last2=Hui |first2=Ada |last3=Rudegeair |first3=Peter |title=The Unusual Crew Behind Tether, Crypto’s Pre-Eminent Stablecoin |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tether-ownership-and-company-weaknesses-revealed-in-documents-11675363340 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2 February 2023}}] |
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According to ''[[Forbes]],'' Van der Velde is the [[The World's Billionaires|53th-richest person in the world]], with a [[net worth]] estimated at $38 billion as of April 2026.[{{Cite web |title=Jean-Louis van der Velde |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jean-louis-van-der-velde/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}] |
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Van der Velde has served as chief executive of both Tether and Bitfinex, two closely linked cryptocurrency companies that share executives and ownership. |
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Van der Velde has served as chief executive of both Tether and Bitfinex, two closely linked cryptocurrency companies that share executives and ownership. |