Topic: Yet another crypto personality running for US Presidentail election 2020 (Read 133 times)

Good read about Pierce: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/all-things-considered-brock-pierce-et-al-wpoll-610521

I, Brock Pierce, am running for President of the United States of America. #2020 #BROCKTHEVOTE

In 2013, Pierce joined brothers Bart and Bradford Stephens in founding venture capital firm Blockchain Capital (BCC) which was reported to have raised $85 million in two venture funds by October 2017. Described as its managing partner, Pierce announced a $50 million Initial Coin Offering (ICO) by BCC in February 2017.[citation needed] On its launch in June 2017, the currency was named EOS and marketed through a new vehicle called Block.one[10] of which Pierce was variously described as co-founder, head, minority partner and advisor. Block.one was said to be developing "end-to-end solutions to bring businesses onto the blockchain from strategic planning to product deployment" by means of its later to be released EOS.IO software created by Brendan Blumer and programmer Dan Larimer, Block.one's CEO and CTO, respectively.[citation needed] The ICO attracted $700 million and was by far the biggest in 2017. By March 2018, Pierce's role at Block.one had changed to chief strategy officer and he resigned from the company that month.

Pierce was elected Director of the Bitcoin Foundation in May 2014. Several members of the Bitcoin Foundation resigned over concerns about the directors. The organization announced its insolvency in July 2015.

In a February 2018 issue of Forbes magazine Pierce was named in the "top 20 wealthiest people in crypto" with an estimated net worth between $700 million and $1.1 billion.