Andrew Masanto
Andrew Jonathan Masanto (born May 17, 1982, Jakarta, Indonesia) is an entrepreneur, and co-founder of two of the top 100 cryptocurrencies, Hedera Hashgraph in 2017 and Reserve in 2019. He and his brother Christopher Masanto also co-founded Pet Lab Co, a fast growing pet company in the USA in 2021.[1]
Early life
Masanto was born in Indonesia. He and his family moved to Australia when he was two. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Sydney, undertaking a dual degree in Commerce and Law, and graduated with First Class Honors and Dean’s List in both degrees in 2005.[2][3]
Career
Andrew Masanto started his professional career in 2006 as a lawyer at Linklaters, a Magic Circle law firm based in London.[3][4]
In 2017, Masanto partnered with Mance Harmon and Leemon Baird from Swirlds to work on Hedera Hashgraph. His efforts led to the project gaining traction in the blockchain community.[5] Following this, in 2018, he joined the Reserve project as the Founding Chief Marketing Officer, aiming to create a stable digital currency.[6]
Also in 2018, he launched a pet company - PetLab Co with his brother Chris Masanto and Damian Grabarczyk, a webshop that sells a wide range of vitamin supplements, treats, chews, grooming products, and accessories for pets.[7][8]
In 2021,he co-founded Nillion with Dr. Miguel de Vega, with the ambition of advancing decentralised infrastructure through an innovation in Multi Party Computation (MPC) technology.[9][10][11]
Alongside his tech ventures, Masanto enrolled at ICON Collective music school and initiating the ANONA movement. This movement, fostering online collaboration between artists and non-artists, gained popularity during the Coronavirus Pandemic.[12]
Masanto is also actively involved in the biohacking and longevity community, running a group called biohackinggroup.com, and sharing insights on health and longevity.[13]
References
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- ^ Redactie (2023-01-22). "Making Web3 Waves: How To Capitalize on Trends With Two-Time Tech Unicorn Founder, Andrew Masanto". Mashable Benelux (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Hedera's Journey". Hedera. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "The Blockchain Revolution: Reshaping the Web3 Era with Andrew Masanto". www.gq.co.za. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Amoils, Nisa. "From Crypto To Pet Supplements: The Brothers Who Have Bottled Exponential Growth Around Communities". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Staff, Entrepreneur (2021-06-09). "How Their Childhood Dog Inspired Two Brothers to Create the Fastest-Growing Pet Company in America". Greenwich Time. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Assembling the Avengers of Web3: How Andrew Masanto Brought Tech's Hottest Founding Team Together | HackerNoon". hackernoon.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Wolfson, Rachel. "Organizations look toward multiparty computation to advance Web3".
- ^ "The NILLION Project launch at the University of Cambridge". 3 December 2021.
- ^ Staff, OK! (2024-01-18). "Andrew Masanto and ANONA: A New Era of Art Collaboration". OK Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "The Man Who Biohacked His Way to Billions: Andrew Masanto". Grazia USA. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2024-01-31.