Eric Demuth
Eric Demuth is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bitpanda, one of Europe's most successful fintechs and Austria's first unicorn company with a $4.1 billion valuation. He co-founded Bitpanda to break down investment barriers and make it simple, accessible, and available to everyone to build financial freedom for their future. Today, Eric actively shapes the worldwide fintech community as an entrepreneur, investor and opinion leader in several fields.
Eric Demuth Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and CEO
Academic History
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Bachelor in Business Administration and Management
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Master's in International Finance
Bitpanda is a fintech unicorn and the leading digital asset trading platform in Europe.
Bitpanda is a regulated multi-asset broker platform offering more than 2,800 selected virtual assets and indices as well as stocks, ETFs and commodities to retail investors.
Bitpanda holds licenses in several countries, and has a proven track record of working with local regulators to keep assets safe and secure.
EARLY CAREER
Eric is an entrepreneur with an eSports background.
Before delving into crypto, he traveled the world on Hapag-Lloyd container ships while working as a ship’s mechanic.
He later studied economics at the WU Wien and London School of Economics & Political Science.
He became frustrated with how hard it was to buy and sell crypto, so he co-launched Bitpanda.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Eric is a frequent speaker in various fintech conferences.
He has been featured or quoted in Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Insider, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and Blockworks.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.