# The story of Binance CEO CZ

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**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.hashpire.io/t/the-story-of-binance-ceo-cz/63 "2022-04-18T18:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![anakornk](https://discuss.hashpire.io/user_avatar/discuss.hashpire.io/anakornk/32/3_2.png) [@anakornk](https://discuss.hashpire.io/u/anakornk)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.hashpire.io/t/the-story-of-binance-ceo-cz/63/1 "2022-04-18T18:33:46Z")

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How did CZ build Binance? What is his background? What are some interesting facts about him?

> **[Changpeng Zhao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao)**
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> Changpeng Zhao (Chinese: 赵长鹏; pinyin: Zhào Chángpéng), commonly known as "CZ", is a Chinese-Canadian business executive. Zhao is the founder and CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume as of April 2018.
> CZ was born in Jiangsu, China and moved to Canada at a young age with his family.
> Zhao was previously a member of the team that developed Blockchain.info and also served as chief technology officer of OKCoin. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zhao is...