‘Queen Caroline’: The ‘Fake Charity Nerd Girl’ Behind The FTX Collapse

Forbes – Digital Assets

_{By David Jeans, Sarah Emerson, Richard Nieva and Michael del Castillo}

In 2021, Caroline Ellison, the CEO of Alameda Research who oversaw crypto traders allegedly playing roulette with billions of FTX’s customer funds, was asked if she had any advice for her younger self. Her reply was earnest and brief.

“I would tell her to be less risk-averse and believe in herself more,” she wrote in a previously unpublished application for Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.

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