Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott Bio
Alex Tapscott is an entrepreneur, author and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of Bitcoin, blockchain and other digital assets on business and financial markets. Mr. Tapscott is the co-author of the critically acclaimed non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution, which has been translated into more than 15 languages and has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. He is also the Editor and Co-author of Financial Services Revolution (January 2020).
Alex is sought after world-wide for his expertise by business and government audiences. He has delivered over 200 lectures and executive briefings at firms like Goldman Sachs (Talks at GS), Google, Allianz, IBM, Microsoft and Accenture. His TedX talk, “Blockchain is Eating Wall Street” has been viewed over 700,000 times. Mr. Tapscott has also written for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Globe and Mail, National Post and many other publications.
In 2017, Mr. Tapscott co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a global think-tank investigating blockchain strategies, opportunities and use-cases. Previously, Mr. Tapscott was Director of institutional equity sales at Canaccord Genuity. Mr. Tapscott is a graduate of Amherst College (Cum Laude) and is a CFA Charterholder.
In November of 2020 he joined Ninepoint Partners, an independent, employee-owned firm serving the investment advisor and institutional investor communities, as Managing Director to launch the new Digital Asset Group.
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Alex Tapscott Current Work
- Ninepoint Partners Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
- Blockchain Research Institute Co-Founder
Alex Tapscott Previous Work
- Elections Canada Advisory Board Member Jun 2016 - Jul 2018
- CAMH Engage Founding Member Jan 2013 - Jun 2016
- Canaccord Genuity Inc. Director, Institutional Equity Sales Sep 2008 - Jun 2015
Alex Tapscott Education
- Amherst College, BA, Cum Laude, Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought, 2004 - 2008
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