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title: "Cory Klippsten — Founder and Chief Executive Officer"
description: "Recruiting Bitcoin’s intransigent minority."
url: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/private/team/cory-klippsten/
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# Cory Klippsten — Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Recruiting Bitcoin’s intransigent minority.

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Founder and Chief Executive Officer

# Cory Klippsten

> Recruiting Bitcoin’s intransigent minority.

Contact Swan Private

## About Cory

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Bitcoin financial services firm Swan.com. He is a partner in Bitcoiner Ventures, El Zonte Capital, and The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, and as an angel has funded more than 60 early stage tech companies. 

Before startups, Klippsten worked for Google, McKinsey, Microsoft, and Morgan Stanley, and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. 

He grew up in Seattle, split 15 years between NYC and Chicago, and now lives in LA with his wife and daughters. 

His hobbies include basketball, history and travel (Istanbul and Barcelona are favorites).

## Cory’s Bitcoin Journey

Class of 2017\. Learned and watched and talked and listened. Started Swan Bitcoin in 2019 and Bitcoiner Jobs in 2021.

## Interests

* Family
* Building companies
* Basketball
* Geopolitics

Get in Touch

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/coryklippsten)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryklippsten/)[Substack](https://dailybitcoiner.substack.com/)

Selected Media Appearances

[Ten Million Bitcoiners: The Intransigent Minority](https://www.swanbitcoin.com/ten-million-bitcoiners-the-intransigent-minority/)Swan Bitcoin

[The Race to Avoid the War](https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-race-to-avoid-the-war/)Swan Bitcoin

[Swan Bitcoin CEO on Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall](https://www.coindesk.com/videos/recent-videos/swan-bitcoin-ceo-on-sam-bankman-frieds-downfall/)Coindesk

[The Crypto Market Crashed. They’re Still Buying Bitcoin. The Crypto Market Crashed. They’re Still Buying Bitcoin.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/technology/crypto-bitcoin-maximalists.html)The New York Times

[Crypto Took Wall Street on a Wild Ride. Now It’s Ending in Tears](https://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-crypto-crisis-51656620781?tesla=y)Barrons

[As Celsius accelerates the crypto sell-off, who pays the price?](https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/13/as-celsius-accelerates-the-crypto-sell-off-who-pays-the-price/)TechCrunch

[The Fight for Bitcoin with Cory Klippsten](https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-fight-for-bitcoin)What Bitcoin Did

[Crypto crisis: FTX crash sparks calls for regulation](https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/crypto-crisis-ftx-crash-sparks-calls-for-regulation-on-balance/8158019/)News Nation

Meet our team

## Best-in-class service

[Isaiah Douglass](/private/team/isaiah-douglass/)

Managing Director

[Zach Wischler](/private/team/zach-wischler/)

Managing Director

[Jason Bassett](/private/team/jason-bassett/)

Account Executive

[Alec Bakhouche](/private/team/alec/)

Account Executive

[Jeremy Showalter](/private/team/jeremy-showalter/)

Chief Business Officer

[Brady Swenson](/private/team/brady-swenson/)

VP Product Marketing