Emmanuel Abiodun

Emmanuel Abiodun
Born Adeniyi Emmanuel Abiodun
(1982-04-12)April 12, 1982
Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Residence London, England
Alma mater Queen Mary University of London
Occupation Bitcoin & Crypto Currency Expert
Religion Christian[1]
Spouse(s) Gloria Abiodun
Children One

Emmanuel Abiodun is a Software Engineer and Crypto Currency enthusiast based in San Jose California. He was the CEO and founder of CloudHashing.[2][3][4]

Education and career

Abiodun attended Queen Mary University of London where he received his degree in electronic engineering in 2005. Upon graduation, he worked as a software engineer in the oil and gas industries before transitioning to investment banking. Abiodun then held positions at JPMorgan and HSBC investment banks.[5][6] In January 2011, he installed a free application on his home computer to start bitcoin mining in the evenings after work.[7] After realizing he needed to mine constantly to make any money, he started investing in specialized computers to carry out constant bitcoin mining and set up his computers in a data center in Kansas City, Kansas.[3] In February 2013, he founded CloudHashing, a bitcoin mining company which rents computing power to those who want to mine without purchasing a powerful enough machine.[3][8] In October 2013, he added a datacenter in Iceland.[4]

In March 2014, Abiodun presented his company at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, Cryptocurrencies: Opportunities, Challenges and Profitability in the Migration from Main Street to Wall Street in New York City and at Coin Summit in San Francisco, California.[5][9][10] He is a board member at Digital BTC.[6]

Personal life

Abiodun is married to Gloria and they have one child.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Farah (January 11, 2001). "Look Out, Steve Case". WND.
  2. ↑ James Dunn (December 23, 2013). "Bitcoin ripped by National Bureau of Economic Research report". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Nathaniel Popper (December 21, 2013). "Into the Bitcoin Mines". The New York Times Dealbook. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Shawn Knight (December 23, 2013). "Inside the walls of a professional Bitcoin mining facility in Iceland". Tech Spot. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "CoinSummit". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Management". DigitalBTC. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ Rich Miller (January 21, 2014). "As Bitcoin Infrastructure Booms, Mining Heads to the Data Center". Data Knowledge Center. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Danny Bradbury (May 15, 2013). "Cloudhashing to offer Bitcoin Mining as a service – MaaS". Coin Desk. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ "CloudHashing.com to Simplify Bitcoin at SXSW". PR Web. March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ Elizabeth Ploshay. "Bitcoin Magazine to Serve as a Media Sponsor for NY and London Conferences". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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