Bitcoin Dream: From McDonald’s to $30 Billion Wealth, Here’s the Life of Binance CEO!

world’s largest bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange BinanceFounder and CEO of Changpeng Zhao‘s life adventure until he became one of the richest people in the world amazes those who hear.

Working at McDonald’s in his youth, Cz has a net worth of $30 billion today.

The South China Morning Mail (SCMP) published an article compiling information about Binance CEO Cz.

The Life of Binance CEO

According to this article, the life journey of Binance CEO is as follows:

• Zhao was born in 1977 in a rural village in China’s Jiangsu province to a family of teachers.
• He moved to Vancouver with his family after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• Zhao’s father, Shengkai, was a professor exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution in China.
• His father immigrated to Canada to pursue a PhD at the University of British Columbia.
• Zhao said in a blog post that his family had to queue for three days in front of the Canadian embassy to get a visa.
• Zhao said in several interviews that they used ration cards to buy meat in China and did not drink fresh milk until he moved to Canada.
• After Zhao moved to Canada, he worked as a cook at McDonald’s. Alongside this, he also held a number of part-time jobs.
• Zhao, who also works at a gas station, refereed volleyball matches to earn money.
• Zhao’s interest in technology began with the 286 DOS computer his father bought for $14,000.

• Attending programming classes in high school, Zhao started coding when he was just 16 years old.
• After graduating from University, Zhao worked on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Bloomberg’s Tradebook. Meanwhile, at the age of 27, Zhao was promoted 3 times in a short span of two years.
• Leaving his corporate career in 2005, Zhao became a partner of the trading systems company Fusion System and moved to Shanghai. This partnership lasted until 2013.
• Having met Bitcoin in 2013, Zhao started working as head of development at Blockchain.info.
• Continuing his interest in cryptocurrencies, Zhao founded Binance in 2017.
• Zhao, who lived in Singapore between 2019 and 2021, moved to Dubai in 2021.

It was stated that Cz, who has a frugal and modest lifestyle, has a known fortune of over $ 30 billion and is the 33rd richest person in the world in this state.

Confirming the information in the article, Cz described himself as a crypto servant in his statement and stated that he should not focus on the net worth of his wealth.