Tyler Winklevoss is a principal of Winklevoss Capital Management, a private investment firm that partners with a select number of early stage companies to provide not just capital, but a full service approach to driving growth. The company’s portfolio includes Hukkster, an online shopping tool for sale alerts; SumZero, an online community of investment professionals; and Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology for frictionless payments. Tyler graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and received his MBA from Oxford University.

Winklevoss graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and received his MBA from Oxford University. While at Harvard, Winklevoss and his twin brother, Cameron, assisted by classmate Divya Narendra, started a college social networking internet site, originally called Harvard Connection, later known as ConnectU. They asked Mark Zuckerberg to join them and help expand the site to other colleges. Zuckerberg made this wildly successful, as ConnectU was the forerunner of Facebook.

In addition, Winklevoss is also an NCAA rowing champion and member of the 2008 Olympic team.

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