How Rich Is Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin?

According to cryptocurrency tracking platform Arkham Intelligence, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has an estimated net worth of at least $552.86 million as of January 2024.

He started working in the field of cryptocurrencies in 2011, at the age of 17, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine with Mihai Alisi, who later developed Ethereum .

Dissatisfied with the limitations he faced Bitcoin faced, such as its scripting language, Buterin published the Ethereum White Paper in November 2013, proposing the network as a solution.

The net condition of Buterin is quite tied to ETH, with most of it in the form of Ethereum, representing approximately 246,730 tokens.

In addition to ETH, Buterin has investments in various crypto companies, including StarkNet, and other tokens such as KNC and WETH. His non-ETH holdings include 869,500 KNCL tokens worth about $609,78 from Kyber Network, 196.42 WETH worth about $436,920 and 101 million THE worth $127,950.

Buterin is the largest individual holder of ETH. Although Rein Lohmus owns around 250,000 ETH from the ETH presale, he cannot access them due to lost private keys.