As Bitcoin and altcoins in general turn into a booming industry, it comes as no surprise when many celebrities and billionaires, Famous crypto owners with disposable income, have chosen cryptocurrencies to invest in. Successful business people, famous actors, politicians, and even musicians are proud crypto owners.
Famous Crypto Owners
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is no stranger to all of us. He is an American businessman, computer programmer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Microsoft. He is one of the most well-known Bitcoin-invested public figures in the world.
Madonna
Madonna is known as “the queen of pop” and rightly so. She needs no further introduction. Madonna is one of many public figures spreading the word about how easy and secure cryptocurrency is as a payment method.
Sir Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson is a British business magnate, author, and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin group. His net worth is over $5.1 billion and he is a Bitcoin advocate and investor.
Peter Andreas Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur. He is the founder of Pay Pal, Palantir Technologies, and so on. His net worth is $2.3 billion and he has over $20 million invested in cryptos.
Lionel Messi
Messi is a well-known Argentinian and Barcelona football player. Messi became a brand ambassador for Israeli company Sirin Labs in 2017. Sirin Labs is producing the world’s first crypto smartphone and the footballer is backing it.
Gwyneth Paltrow
The American actress and singer is a well-known crypto advocate, in fact, she was the face of the Bitcoin wallet, Abra.
Michael Novogratz
Michael Novogratz is an American ex-hedge fund manager of the Fortress Investment Group. Currently, his investment in Bitcoin and Ethereum is worth $250 million. He is a long-standing advocate for cryptocurrency investment.
Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather jr. the boxing legend does not need an introduction. He has promoted several ICOs including Stox, Hubii Network, and Centra. Mayweather is well known for using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptos for his everyday purchases.
Tim Draper
Timothy Draper is an American venture capital investor and founder of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) His net worth is 1 billion dollars. Draper is a Bitcoin enthusiastic advocate and investor.
Bjork
Bjork is a musician and singer from Iceland. In 2017 Bjork encouraged fans to buy her new album with Bitcoin. According to reports she accepted Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dashcoin, and AudioCoin as payment.
Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt is an American businessman and a software engineer. He is known to be the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011. His net worth is 14,3 billion. He is another cryptocurrency investor and advocate.
Here is a small number of well-known celebrities and investors who do not follow the masses and go their own way with their investments. Their number is growing fast and this is indicative of what could be coming.
Hi! Well I am surprised at who invested in bitcoin. Ok Bill gates and the Pay Pal owner is something I tottally understand, as they are heading for a better world. I was surprised at Bjork, Madonna and Mayweather – I mean it is great to think of a future, and to invest in somethink that has most sustainable currency and will probably change systems of paying, money and everything. Great article!
Cheers,
Primoz P.
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my post. To be honest with you, when I was doing the research on crypto owners I was surprised as well. In addition, the list could have been larger, as the celebrity crypto owners are many more but I had to stop somewhere.
Hey nice article you have there. Seeing this great personalities as Crypto owners despite their massive wealth has ignite the passion in me to put in my best in this trading and to give myself to more learning about the trade. Crypto is a trade that is worth investing on. Me becoming financially independent today is as a result of Crypto currency I engage in a year ago.
There are some great persomalities there, including some very well known celebrities and millionaires. They definitely see something worthwhile there.
Hello thank you for this very detailed and informative post, I have always wondered if the world biggest names in business and entertainment owns crypto currency, now I really know better and if this world class businesses men and entertainer can own and advocate for crypto currency then its advisabke for everyone to own crypto currency.
thanks for sharing.
When I was doing my research I was surprised with the number of celebrities and millionaires who actually put their money in cryptos. Unfortunately, I could not publish them all, they are too many. Thus I chose, the ones that are in this post.