Former JPMorgan Employee Samir Shah Becomes COO at Pantera Capital
- Former JPMorgan head of asset management sales, Samir Shah has departed the organization, He announced the development through a post relayed on his Linkedin account on Tuesday.
Former JPMorgan head of asset management sales, Samir Shah has departed the organization. He announced the development through a post relayed on his Linkedin account on Tuesday. Shah in the post confirmed that he has now joined a cryptocurrency Investment organization, Pantera Capital. As revealed, he will act as the chief operating officer of the investment firm.
What Shah Brings to Pantera Capital from JPMorgan
He acknowledged that he served in numerous positions throughout his twelve years stint with the organization. Some of these positions, as revealed, revolve around strategy, sales, and digital sessions.
Via the post, Shah expressed his excitement to join the crypto investment firm. He boasted that the firm remains a trailblazer among blockchain institutional investors. The renowned expert promised to contribute his quota towards the uplift of Pantera.
In Pantera Capital, Shah will work alongside experts like Joey Krug and Dan Morehead. Meanwhile, Samir Shah joins the continuous exodus of experts joining the crypto space. Recently, experts are leaving the traditional financial world to venture into the emerging cryptocurrency space.
Shah with this development becomes the second JPMorgan employee to leave within the last two months. Recall that another expert, Christine Moy also left JPMorgan in May to join Apollo Global management. While at JPMorgan, Moy served as a firm’s cryptocurrency and blockchain lead. As revealed, he joined Apollo management in the capacity of head of digital assets.
Shah, however, heaped praises on JPMorgan for granting him the platform to showcase his expertise. He vowed to continuously follow up and advocate the growth of the bank. The former JP Morgan employee extended his appreciation to members of the staff for their contribution. Shah stated that he’s always open to interacting with his previous colleagues at JPMorgan.
Notably, Samir Shah previously worked with Goldman Sach between 2000-2003. Afterwards, he moved to Mc Kinsey where he worked for 5 years.
JPMorgan Chase & Co on the other hand functions as an international investment institution with headquarters in New York City. It’s the biggest financial institution in the United States and the fifth-biggest in the world.
To date, Pantera Capitals is one of the leading investment firms in the cryptocurrency space. The Firm launched the pioneer crypto fund when Bitcoin was still $65 in 2013. Also, Pantera capital initiated the first-ever blockchain-based venture fund. As a trailblazer, the investment firm offered the first early-stage token fund. Currently, the organization possesses about $5.1bn in assets at its disposal. It also has about 110 investment ventures.
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