George Kikvadze

executive vice chairman of BitFury, has worked at GCF Fund, York Capital Management, AFK Sistema and Morgan Stanley. He obtained his MBA at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his MA at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). George is a member of the Europe One YPO Club and is a Founding Member of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).

Marat Kichikov is a mutual friend of Valery, CEO of Bitfury, and George. He kept talking to George about bitcoin as early "as price was 10-20 dollars" in early 2012, 2013. This lead George to investigate more about the tech and got him to meet up with Wences. After talking to him George became a believer.