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{{short description|Iranian-American software programmer (born 1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name= Sam Kazemian
| name = Sam Kazemian
| image = Sam kazemian 2018.jpg
| image = Sam kazemian 2018.jpg
| caption = Sam Kazemian in 2018
| caption = Sam Kazemian in 2018
| birth_name = Sam Hamidi-Kazemian<ref name=Crunchbase2018/>
| birth_name = Sam Hamidi-Kazemian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1993|2|12}}<ref name=Crunchbase2018/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1993|2|12}}
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| education = [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
| birth_place = [[Mazandaran Province]], [[Iran]]<ref name=Jafari2016/>
| occupation = Founder of Frax Finance
| residence = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], US<ref name=Crunchbase2018/>
| website =
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| education = [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] ([[neuroscience]] and [[philosophy]])<ref name=Crunchbase2018/>
| known_for = Founding Frax Finance & Co-founding Everipedia<ref name=FinSMEs2018/> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2019/10/21/stephen-moore-trump-fed-nomination-cryptocurrency-stablecoin-frax/|title=Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces New Cryptocurrency|website=Fortune|language=en|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref>
| occupation = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Everipedia]]<ref name=Chavez-Dreyfuss2018/>
| website = [https://everipedia.org/ everipedia.org]
| known_for = Co-founding Everipedia<ref name=FinSMEs2018/>
}}
}}


'''Sam Hamidi-Kazemian'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@apompliano/the-questions-episode-2-everipedia-sam-hamidi-kazemian-e5e976959935|title=The Questions Episode 2: Everipedia & Sam Hamidi-Kazemian|last=Pompliano|first=Anthony|publisher=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=5 March 2017}}</ref> (born February 12, 1993<ref name=Crunchbase2018/>) is an [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-American]] [[programmer|software programmer]]<ref name=Crunchbase2018/> and [[blockchain]] theorist.<ref name=Anthony2017/> He is the co-founder and [[President (corporate title)|president]] of [[Everipedia]],<ref name=Chavez-Dreyfuss2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2018-02-08/novogratzs-new-fund-others-invest-30-million-in-online-encyclopedia|title=Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia|last=Chavez-Dreyfuss|first=Gertrude|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=8 February 2018}}</ref> which is a [[For-profit corporation|for-profit]], [[wiki]]-based [[online encyclopedia]].<ref name=James2017/> He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.<ref name=FinSMEs2018/> Kazemian graduated from [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] in 2015.<ref name=VNG2017/>
'''Sam Hamidi-Kazemian''' ({{langx|fa|سام حمیدی‌کاظمیان}}; born February 12, 1993) is an [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-American]] [[programmer|software programmer]]. He is the founder of Frax Finance, a decentralized [[stablecoin]] [[cryptocurrency]] protocol. Previously, he co-founded [[Everipedia]],<ref name="Chavez-Dreyfuss2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2018-02-08/novogratzs-new-fund-others-invest-30-million-in-online-encyclopedia|title=Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia|last=Chavez-Dreyfuss|first=Gertrude|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=8 February 2018}}</ref> a [[For-profit corporation|for-profit]], [[wiki]]-based [[online encyclopedia]].<ref name="James2017" /> He founded Everipedia with [[Theodor Forselius]] in December 2014<ref name="FinSMEs2018" /> and later served as its President. In 2019, he began development of Frax, a fractional [[stablecoin]] [[cryptocurrency]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=John Roberts|first=Jeff|date=October 21, 2019|title=Trump's Former Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces Cryptocurrency to Compete With Central Banks|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|url=https://fortune.com/2019/10/21/stephen-moore-trump-fed-nomination-cryptocurrency-stablecoin-frax/|url-status=live|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200114185802/https://fortune.com/2019/10/21/stephen-moore-trump-fed-nomination-cryptocurrency-stablecoin-frax/|archive-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref> As of January 2022, Frax is ranked the 5th largest stablecoin by market capitalization according to cryptocurrency ranking website Defipulse.com.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DeFi Pulse {{!}} The DeFi Leaderboard {{!}} Stats, Charts and Guides|url=https://defipulse.com/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=defipulse.com|language=en}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Biography ==


=== Education ===
Kazemian attended [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake High School]], where he participated in [[athlete|athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=2625241|title=Sam Kazemian|publisher=Athletic.net|year=2018}}</ref> He was member of the [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA Powerlifting]] team from 2013 to 2014 in his [[Junior (education)|junior year]] of [[secondary school|high school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclaclubsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1023|title=Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports|publisher=UCLA Club Sports|year=2018}}</ref> Kazemian was a [[double degree|double major]] in [[neuroscience]] and [[philosophy]] at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref name=Crunchbase2018/> He graduated from UCLA in 2015.<ref name=VNG2017>{{cite news|url=https://news.zing.vn/everipedia-ban-sao-xau-xi-va-toi-loi-cua-wikipedia-post785351.html|title=Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia|trans-title=Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia|publisher=[[VNG Corporation]]|date=10 August 2017}}</ref> Kazemian changed his mind about going to [[medical school]] in order to work on [[Everipedia]].<ref name=Nazarian2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/02/09/everipedia-the-wikipedia-competitor-for-the-people/|title=Everipedia: The Wikipedia Competitor for the People|last=Nazarian|first=Adelle|publisher=[[Breitbart News]]|date=9 February 2016}}</ref>
Kazemian attended [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake High School]], where he participated in [[athlete|athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=2625241|title=Sam Kazemian|publisher=Athletic.net|year=2018}}</ref> He was a member of the [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA Powerlifting]] team from 2012 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclaclubsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1023|title=Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports|publisher=UCLA Club Sports|year=2018}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) in 2015.<ref name="VNG2017">{{cite news|url=https://znews.vn/everipedia-ban-sao-xau-xi-va-toi-loi-cua-wikipedia-post785351.html|title=Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia|trans-title=Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia|publisher=[[VNG Corporation]]|date=10 August 2017}}</ref>


== Everipedia ==
=== Career ===


Starting as a small project in Kazemian's [[dormitory]] room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian​ founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius​ in December 2014.<ref name=FinSMEs2018>{{cite news|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/02/everipedia-raises-30m-in-series-a-funding.html|title=Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding|last=|first=|publisher=FinSMEs|date=10 February 2018}}</ref> Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first [[Model–view–presenter|MVP]] for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.<ref name=Jafery2018>{{cite web|url=https://hackernoon.com/the-revolution-of-knowledge-how-everipedia-is-decentralizing-history-6eb44bb9ea75|title=How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain|last=Jafery|first=Reza|publisher=Hackernoon|date=19 February 2018}}</ref> Kazemian approached Mahbod Moghadam, the co-founder of [[Genius (website)|Rap Genius]] (also known as Genius) while Moghadam was speaking at [[UCLA]] and showed him his Everipedia page.<ref name=Nazarian2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/02/09/everipedia-the-wikipedia-competitor-for-the-people/|title=Everipedia: The Wikipedia Competitor for the People|last=Nazarian|first=Adelle|publisher=[[Breitbart News]]|date=9 February 2016}}</ref> Moghadam was frustrated that his [[Wikipedia]] page kept getting deleted.<ref name=Nazarian2016/> Moghadam seeing his Everipedia page moved him and it helped him understand Kazemian's idea better.<ref name=Nazarian2016/>
Starting as a small project in Kazemian's [[dormitory]] room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.<ref name=FinSMEs2018>{{cite news|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/02/everipedia-raises-30m-in-series-a-funding.html|title=Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding|publisher=FinSMEs|date=10 February 2018}}</ref>


In 2017, Kazemian told to ''[[Boing Boing]]'' that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast - a wiki of everything - with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."<ref name=James2017>{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2017/06/12/can-everipedia-remake-collabor.html|title=Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?|last=James|first=Andrea|work=[[Boing Boing]]|date=12 June 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest [[online encyclopedia]].<ref name=Moon2017>{{cite web|url=https://wefunder.com/updates/90603-part-1-intro-to-everipedia-and-new-features-since-campaign|title=Everipedia Update {{!}} Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign|last=Moon|first=Jiwon|publisher=[[Wefunder]]|date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
In 2017, Kazemian told ''[[Boing Boing]]'' that "[[Wikia]], like [[Wikipedia]], uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like [[Genius (website)|Rap Genius]], Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast —a wiki of everything— with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."<ref name=James2017>{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2017/06/12/can-everipedia-remake-collabor.html|title=Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?|last=James|first=Andrea|work=[[Boing Boing]]|date=12 June 2017}}</ref>


In 2019, Kazemian founded Frax, a [[stablecoin]] [[cryptocurrency]] protocol.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, [[Forbes]] listed Kazemian in their 30 Under 30 in finance for founding Frax, citing the project's notable growth and $86 million of revenue in its first year of operation with only 8 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Finance |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2023/finance/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, Kazemian and [[Balaji Srinivasan]] were credited for inventing a new category of cryptocurrency, known as 'flatcoins,' that are pegged to the [[Consumer price index|Consumer Price Index]] rather than a national currency such as USD.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=Steven |title=Beware Of Flatcoins, Crypto’s Inflation Busting Fad |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/05/07/beware-of-flatcoins-cryptos-inflation-busting-fad/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230508172154/https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/05/07/beware-of-flatcoins-cryptos-inflation-busting-fad/ |archive-date=2023-05-08 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Frax issued the first known flatcoin cryptocurrency in 2022 named the Frax Price Index.<ref name=":1" />
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== Personal life ==


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== Personal life ==
When he was young, he and his family moved to the US.<ref name=Jafari2016>{{cite news|url=http://techrasa.com/2016/06/09/interview-founders-everipedia-aka-thug-wikipedia/|title=Interview with the Founders of Everipedia AKA the "Thug Wikipedia"|last=Jafari|first=Hamed|publisher=TechRasa|date=9 June 2016}}</ref> Kazemian resides in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], US.<ref name=Crunchbase2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sam-hamidi-kazemian|title=Sam Kazemian|publisher=[[TechCrunch#Crunchbase|Crunchbase]]|year=2018}}</ref> In 2013, he became interested in [[Bitcoin]].<ref name=Liebowitz2017/> He mined over 50 various cryptocoins to become more familiar with them and to find out about the changes that were occurring in the [[blockchain]].<ref name=Anthony2017/> The top cryptocoins he preferred from back in the day was [[Dogecoin]], [[Namecoin]], Datacoin (defuncted), and [[Vertcoin]].<ref name=Anthony2017>{{cite news|url=https://cryptotim.es/interview-sam-kazemian-founder-ceo-everipedia/|title=Sam Kazemian, Founder and CEO at Everipedia, Shares 4 Years of Mining Experience|last=Anthony|first=Miles|publisher=The Crypto Times|date=6 August 2017}}</ref> Kazemian stated that in 2014 there were many successful [[cryptocurrency|cryptocurrencies]] to mine.<ref name=Liebowitz2017/> In his dormitory room, Kazemian assembled a [[graphics processing unit|GPU]] and [[central processing unit|CPU]] mining operation using his outdated [[desktop computer]]s and [[laptop]]s to mine cryptocurrencies.<ref name=Liebowitz2017>{{cite news|url=https://bitcoinforplebs.com/2017/12/11/crypto-veteran-blockchain-engineer-understand-bitcoin/|title=Crypto Veteran and Blockchain Engineer Sam Kazemian Helps You Understand Bitcoin Once and For All|last=Liebowitz|first=David|publisher=Bitcoin For Plebs|date=11 December 2017}}</ref> He is a fan of the [[programming language]] [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref name=Moghadam2015>{{cite web|url=https://nextshark.com/what-i-learned-from-my-rap-genius-cofounders/|title=What I Learned From My Rap Genius Cofounders|last=Moghadam|first=Mahbod|publisher=NextShark|year=2015}}</ref>
Kazemian is a first generation immigrant from an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] family.<ref> {{Cite news|last=Geroulis|first=Tasha|date=October 15, 2018|title=Second Brain Tumor Inspires Mahbod Moghadam to Change Corporate Philosophy|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/health/240270/how-a-second-brain-tumor-inspired-mahbod-moghadam-to-change-his-corporate-philosophy/|url-status=live|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103002441/https://jewishjournal.com/culture/health/240270/how-a-second-brain-tumor-inspired-mahbod-moghadam-to-change-his-corporate-philosophy/|archive-date=November 3, 2020}} </ref>


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Latest revision as of 07:34, 9 November 2024

Sam Kazemian
Sam Kazemian in 2018
Born
Sam Hamidi-Kazemian

(1993-02-12) February 12, 1993 (age 31)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
OccupationFounder of Frax Finance
Known forFounding Frax Finance & Co-founding Everipedia[1] [2]

Sam Hamidi-Kazemian (Persian: سام حمیدی‌کاظمیان; born February 12, 1993) is an Iranian-American software programmer. He is the founder of Frax Finance, a decentralized stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol. Previously, he co-founded Everipedia,[3] a for-profit, wiki-based online encyclopedia.[4] He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014[1] and later served as its President. In 2019, he began development of Frax, a fractional stablecoin cryptocurrency.[5] As of January 2022, Frax is ranked the 5th largest stablecoin by market capitalization according to cryptocurrency ranking website Defipulse.com.[6]

Biography

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Education

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Kazemian attended Westlake High School, where he participated in athletics.[7] He was a member of the UCLA Powerlifting team from 2012 until 2015.[8] He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015.[9]

Career

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Starting as a small project in Kazemian's dormitory room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[1]

In 2017, Kazemian told Boing Boing that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast —a wiki of everything— with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."[4]

In 2019, Kazemian founded Frax, a stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol.[5] In 2023, Forbes listed Kazemian in their 30 Under 30 in finance for founding Frax, citing the project's notable growth and $86 million of revenue in its first year of operation with only 8 employees.[10] In 2022, Kazemian and Balaji Srinivasan were credited for inventing a new category of cryptocurrency, known as 'flatcoins,' that are pegged to the Consumer Price Index rather than a national currency such as USD.[11] Frax issued the first known flatcoin cryptocurrency in 2022 named the Frax Price Index.[11]

Personal life

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Kazemian is a first generation immigrant from an Iranian family.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding". FinSMEs. 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces New Cryptocurrency". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  3. ^ Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (8 February 2018). "Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia". U.S. News & World Report.
  4. ^ a b James, Andrea (12 June 2017). "Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?". Boing Boing.
  5. ^ a b John Roberts, Jeff (October 21, 2019). "Trump's Former Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces Cryptocurrency to Compete With Central Banks". Fortune. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "DeFi Pulse | The DeFi Leaderboard | Stats, Charts and Guides". defipulse.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  7. ^ "Sam Kazemian". Athletic.net. 2018.
  8. ^ "Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports". UCLA Club Sports. 2018.
  9. ^ "Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia" [Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia]. VNG Corporation. 10 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Finance". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  11. ^ a b Ehrlich, Steven. "Beware Of Flatcoins, Crypto's Inflation Busting Fad". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  12. ^ Geroulis, Tasha (October 15, 2018). "Second Brain Tumor Inspires Mahbod Moghadam to Change Corporate Philosophy". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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