Founder of Atlas Neue. Formerly COO at Slock.it and CCO of Ethereum. Stephan is a key influencer within the blockchain industry and an expert in smart contracts, smart property and decentralized applications.

Stephan is currently founder of Atlas Neue, a family office that creates, funds, and supports exciting ventures in the blockchain space. As CCO and founding member of Ethereum, Stephan raised $18.9m for the Foundation, supporting its current valuation of $75B+. Previously, Stephan held CTO positions at BNP Paribas and 5one (subsidiaries of BNP Paribas and VISA respectively) from 2009 to 2015.

Following Ethereum, Stephan co-founded Slock.it, a privately funded decentralised sharing economy described as “a match to the giants of the sharing economy” (by Nesta) and having the potential to “change the world” (by Ethereum CTO, Gavin Wood).

Stephan is also founder of the world’s largest Ethereum meetup (Ethereum London) housing 7000+ members with talks from Vitalik Buterin and Viktor Tron.

As of January 7th, 2017, Stephan was listed as the second most influential person in the blockchain space (second only to Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum).