Jack Mallers
Jack Mallers is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zap, a bitcoin investment and payments company that transacts over the Lightning Network. Zap then created Strike, an application that allows anyone to send money instantly, with no fees, anywhere in the world. Jack is a money manager, developer and financial backer known for his bitcoin mining. As one of the earliest Lightning Network developers, Jack recently provided market insights to help build El Salvador’s modern financial infrastructure using Bitcoin technology. The technology he developed delivers powerful advantages over legacy financial rails and incumbent payment systems. Jack has also been closely affiliated with the Bitcoin Beach Project as a protagonist of fundamental human freedom, a quality he associates with financial transacting.
EARLY CAREER AND EXPERTISE
Jack founded Zap in 2017, the Chicago-based startup best known for helping El Salvador adopt bitcoin technology.
He played the key operational figure behind El Savador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender – the world’s first such national project.
Jack comes with a rich pedigree in Finance. His grandfather was the chairman of the Chicago board of Trade, and his father was the founder of one of the largest futures brokerages in Chicago.
AWARDS
MEDIA
Jack has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.