Draft:Jean-Louis van der Velde

Draft:Jean-Louis van der Velde

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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}}
'''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}}

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}}
== Career ==
== Career ==
Van der Velde has served as chief executive of both Tether and Bitfinex, two closely linked cryptocurrency companies that share executives and ownership.
Van der Velde has served as chief executive of both Tether and Bitfinex, two closely linked cryptocurrency companies that share executives and ownership.