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Personnel: Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX (Founder & CEO)

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1 check · 4/9/2026

The record claims Sam Bankman-Fried was 'Founder & CEO' of FTX with startDate 2017 and endDate 2022-11. The source confirms he founded FTX and was CEO, and confirms the November 2022 end date (bankruptcy/collapse). However, the source does not explicitly state that he was a co-founder or provide the exact founding date of FTX (only that he founded it). The source does mention he co-founded Alameda Research in November 2017, but the FTX founding date is not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt. The claim is substantially correct but not fully detailed in the source text.

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Person: Sam Bankman-Fried
Role: Founder & CEO
Role Type: career
Start Date: 2017
End Date: November 2022
Is Founder: Yes
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried
Notes: Founded Alameda Research (2017) and FTX (2019); was a major funder of AI safety and EA before FTX collapse in Nov 2022; convicted of fraud in 2023

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partial95%Haiku 4.5 · 4/9/2026

NoteThe record claims Sam Bankman-Fried was 'Founder & CEO' of FTX with startDate 2017 and endDate 2022-11. The source confirms he founded FTX and was CEO, and confirms the November 2022 end date (bankruptcy/collapse). However, the source does not explicitly state that he was a co-founder or provide the exact founding date of FTX (only that he founded it). The source does mention he co-founded Alameda Research in November 2017, but the FTX founding date is not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt. The claim is substantially correct but not fully detailed in the source text.

Case № s1PgCYeGZAFiled 4/9/2026Confidence 95%